US President Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm by claiming that the US will intervene militarily if China launches an attack on Taiwan.
It was the most outspoken that any US President has been on the likely impact of an effort by the Chinese military to force the island back into the mainland's fold.
Our US Bureau Chief Simon Marks has the details of what the President said, and the White House efforts to walk it back.
24 May 2022
