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Trump-Xi summit leaves trail of doubts over US support for Taiwan
Questions hang over arms sales package and Reagan-era assurances.
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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has faced unrelenting Chinese military and diplomatic pressure since his inauguration two years ago.
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The future of Taiwan should be determined by its people not “foreign forces”, Mr Lai Ching-te declared as he marked the midway point of his term as Taiwan’s president on May 20. As he embarks on the remainder of his four-year term, the road ahead is likely to be harder to navigate, not least because of the uncertainties thrown up by the recent Trump-Xi summit.
Crucially, remarks by President Donald Trump during and after the summit in Beijing suggest that US security commitments to Taiwan are getting wobbly.
