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President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if Beijing invaded the self-ruled island. "That's the commitment we made," he said when asked if the US would intervene militarily against a Chinese attempt to forcibly take control of Taiwan. "We agreed with the One China policy, we signed on to it... but the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate". SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Washington's "one-China policy" toward Taiwan "has not changed," after President Joe Biden said the US was willing to defend the island militarily from a Chinese invasion. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the United States stands by its "ironclad" commitments to defend longtime ally the Philippines against armed attack in the South China Sea. SOUNDBITE
Images outside the Taipei offices of the Nauru embassy to Taiwan, as the tiny South Pacific nation of Nauru announced Monday it is switching diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, a move that bolsters Beijing's ambitions in the region. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden arrives in San Francisco, California, on the eve of a highly anticipated meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in San Francisco next month for "constructive" talks, the White House says. "It's going to be in San Francisco, it is going to be a constructive meeting. The president is looking forward to it," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says of the long-awaited talks. SOUNDBITE
Taiwan unveils its first domestically built submarine on Thursday, carrying a price tag of $1.5 billion, the submarine's displacement weight is about 2,500 to 3,000 tons, with its combat systems and torpedoes sourced from the US defence company Lockheed Martin. IMAGES
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