U.S. policy goal on Taiwan is to maintain status quo: gov't official

The U.S. government has not changed its policy on Taiwan in that its main goal is to secure the status quo and not to escalate the situation there, a senior White House official said Monday after President Joe Biden asserted Washington's defense commitment to the self-ruled island.Emphasizing that the president's remarks "speak for themselves," White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell told a think tank event in New York, "I do think our policy has been consistent and is unchanged, and will continue."During a TV interview aired Sunday, Biden said "yes" when asked if U.S. troops wou…READ FULL ARTICLE