A recent poll in Taiwan revealed that a majority of citizens doubt the US would commit military forces to defend the island during a cross-strait conflict. The findings suggest growing skepticism regarding the reliability of American security guarantees.

Half of Taiwanese not only doubt the US would send troops to defend Taiwan in the event of a cross-strait conflict but also question whether American weapons would prove effective, a poll this week has revealed. The results highlighted mounting scepticism on the island over Washington’s security guarantees, according to the survey released on Monday by the Taipei-based Democracy Foundation. The poll found that 57 per cent of respondents did not believe the US would send troops to defend the...