A decade ago, when former President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan was seen as ratcheting up tensions with China, U.S. diplomats assured Taipei that if China attacked the island unprovoked, the United States would defend Taiwan militarily. But behind closed doors U.S. diplomats made clear that the United States would not necessarily jump to its ally’s aid if Taiwan provoked an attack by declaring independence from China. In effect, the United States sided with China over its ally.
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