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Taiwan is now battling a record wave of coronavirus infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay during the pandemic, but unlike the approach of Beijing officials, Taiwan's ... ( read original story ...)

Maybe President Joe Biden isn’t speaking off script after all. Maybe he just doesn’t think much of the script. Offhand remarks that vary from the official talking points have become a feature, not a ... ( read original story ...)

Ahead of a summit with Australia, India and Japan, an off-the-cuff vow to defend the island militarily against China complicates diplomacy, particularly for Australia. ( read original story ...)

Biden's Asia trip was the third time he'd appeared to put U.S. military protection explicitly behind Taiwan then insist there was no policy change. ( read original story ...)

President Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. still abides by the policy of “strategic ambiguity” toward Taiwan, a day after he made waves by saying in no uncertain terms that the U.S. would defend ... ( read original story ...)

US President Joe Biden's warning the US would defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression has made headlines around the world -- and put growing tensions between the small democratic island and its ... ( read original story ...)

A day earlier, the president seemed to pledge a military defense of Taiwan which broke with four decades of deliberate uncertainty about an American response. ( read original story ...)

And so, it's a burden that's even stronger." A White House official, speaking anonymously to The Washington Post, then said there was no change in American policy, maintaining that the president had ... ( read original story ...)

For Japan, U.S. President Joe Biden's comment he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan signalled no formal change in policy. But behind the scenes in Tokyo, it was seen as a welcome warning ... ( read original story ...)

A day after sparking outrage by claiming the United States would intervene militarily to protect Taiwan, President Joe Biden said Washington's policy of "strategic ambiguity" toward defending the ... ( read original story ...)

As he concludes his debut tour of Asia, President Joe Biden is using Russia's invasion of Ukraine to send an unmistakable message to China: a similar breach of international order would generate a ... ( read original story ...)

Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said there was no change to a U.S. policy of "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan, a day after he angered China by saying he would be willing to use force to defend the ... ( read original story ...)

Over the course of just nine months, President Biden has said at least three times that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan in the event of an invasion. And administration officials have ... ( read original story ...)

Shortly after dawn on a southern Taiwanese beach, Robin Hsu's iPhone pings with the first radio message of the day from Taiwan's air force as it warns away Chinese aircraft. ( read original story ...)

Wealthy, democratic and strategically located off the Chinese coast, Taiwan has long been the most volatile issue between the US and China. Both sides have avoided serious conflict by leaving ... ( read original story ...)