The ruling shows that US policy is shifting, as Washington in the past helped Taiwan build its defenses but never explicitly promised to come to the aid of the island.
Taiwan is considered a renegade province by the communist regime in Beijing. Tensions between the two countries have risen sharply in the past month, partly because Chinese military planes flew through Taiwan’s airspace for days on end.
According to Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng, military tensions have reached their worst level in more than 40 years.
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