No matter what any US administration says publicly or privately, it would be difficult for anyone to believe that changes on the ground have not affected, or will not affect, the nature and extent of the US commitment, especially if little or nothing is done to address the increasing military imbalance or to show continued US commitment in other substantive ways, the report says.
It closes: “Beijing and Taiwan will both be watching closely for signs of whether the US commitment has weakened or not. They will be looking at actions, not words.”
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