President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States was committed to defending Taiwan if the self-ruled island were attacked by China—a departure from a long-held U.S. position of “strategic ambiguity.” “Yes, we have a commitment to do that,” Biden told a CNN town hall event in Baltimore when pressed on the issue, amid escalating Chinese military provocations. “China knows the U.S. has the most powerful military in the world.” An audience member had questioned the president on Beijing’s recent testing of a hypersonic missile, and whether the United States would stand up to China. “Don’t worry about whether they’re going to be more powerful,” Biden said, adding: “I don’t want a cold war with China, I just want China to understand that we are not going to step back and we are not going to change any of our views.” His comments signal a deviation from U.S. policy …
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