China Welcomes Biden’s UN Speech After Pledge to Defend Taiwan

Beijing welcomed familiar assurances from Joe Biden in his United Nations address on Wednesday, less than a week after the president said American forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack. “Let me be direct about the competition between the United States and China,” Biden told the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. “We do not seek a Cold War. We do not ask any nation to choose between the United States or any other partner. “We seek to uphold peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” he said. “We remain committed to our ‘one China’…