TAIPEI, Taiwan—Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States and its allies would “take action” in the event that the Chinese regime used force to unilaterally change the status quo of the self-ruled island.
However, Blinken didn’t specify what kind of action Washington or its allies might take while answering questions during a Nov. 10 forum hosted by The New York Times. His response falls in line with the decades-long U.S. foreign policy strategy known as “strategic ambiguity,” which means that the United States is deliberately vague on the question of whether it would come to Taiwan’s defense.
