US Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s go to to Taiwan has provoked Beijing’s ire — and introduced into focus Washington’s intentionally ambiguous international coverage stance towards the democratic, self-ruled island.
Pelosi’s pledge Friday that america will “not enable” China to isolate Taiwan comes simply months after President Joe Biden repeatedly stated US forces would defend the island militarily if China tried to take management of it.
Biden’s group has continued that Washington’s decades-old strategy has remained unchanged.
Here’s a recap of that international coverage stance and why relations between america, China and Taiwan are so delicate: