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Taiwan won't rely on others for its defense, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, while welcoming a U.S. commitment to the democratically governed island's security amid what she called Chinese encroachment on its sovereignty. Tsai's remarks, pre-recorded and delivered to a U.S. audience at a forum in Washington, come after U.S. President Joe Biden pledged in September to defend Taiwan in the event of any "unprecedented attack" by China. In her address to the Washington-based Global Taiwan Institute think tank, Tsai thanked the Biden administration and the U.S. Congress for "upholding the U.S. commitment to Taiwan's security", and for recent...
