Beijing's calculus now is that it must account for US intervention in any military action against Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- gave the first hint that the country could be dispensing with a decades-long policy on Taiwan.
Washington would respond if there was an attack on a member of the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation military alliance in Europe, he told ABC News, adding that Washington would do the"same with Japan, same with South Korea, same with Taiwan".Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month
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