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🇨🇳“China Summit Recap” Edition

May 18, 2026
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In the latest installment of Strategic Ambiguity: Now Even More Ambiguous, Donald Trump returned from China and helpfully clarified U.S. policy toward Taiwan by…unclarifying it.

For decades, the U.S. has maintained a delicate balance: support Taiwan, deter China, and avoid saying exactly what would happen if things go sideways. Trump has now refined that…

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