US refuses to support Taiwan’s independence after anti-China party wins elections

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After voters in Taiwan rejected China and awarded the ruling party a third term in office, US President Joe Biden declared on Saturday that the US does not support Taiwan’s independence. Earlier in the day, Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan, emerged victorious, vehemently rejecting Chinese attempts to oust him, and promising to both defy Beijing and pursue dialogue. The United States has long maintained that it opposes Taiwan issuing a formal declaration of independence from China, having moved its diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. It does, however, continue...