Is the U.S. Changing Its Stance on Taiwan?

<p>For decades, the U.S. has walked a careful line when it comes to Taiwan — vowing to protect the island from China, without saying exactly how far it would go to do that.</p><p>On Monday, that appeared to change.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-e-sanger">David E. Sanger</a>, a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>President Biden’s seemingly offhand <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/world/asia/biden-taiwan-china.html?smid=pc-thedaily">remarks about Taiwan</a>, made during his visit to Asia,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/us/politics/biden-taiwan-comments.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> caught some of his staff by surprise</a>.</li><li>The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/asia/ukraine-taiwan-china-russia.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> closely watched by those in Taiwan</a> who feel that their island faces a similar threat from Beijing.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>