‘We need to be much clearer’: leading Democrat questions US strategy on defending Taiwan

Intelligence committee chief Adam Schiff says US and allies must make it clear to China what a significant cost it would pay were it to use force'

Adam Schiff, the US chair of the influential House intelligence committee, has called for the US to be less ambiguous about its defence plans for Taiwan, amid Pentagon warnings that China's military has made stunning advances.

Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Schiff, a leading Democrat, said the US and its international partners needed to make it abundantly clear to China what a significant cost it would pay were it to use force to try to invade and take over Taiwan".