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President Joe Biden said the United States would respond militarily if China invaded Taiwan — a response that appeared to break with Washington’s long-standing policy of “strategic ambiguity” before the White House walked it back. Asked during a news conference in Tokyo whether he would “get involved militarily to defend Taiwan” after not doing so in Ukraine, Biden said, “Yes, that’s the commitment we made.” “We agree with the One China policy,” Biden said, speaking alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. “We signed on to it, and all the attendant agreements made from there, but the idea that it can...
