The policy is what it is and it's served us well since, roughly, 1950.
Some US presidents have executed the policy aggressively, i.e., sending US aircraft carriers through the Taiwan Straight, other presidents have been more cautious.
And the Chi-Com threat against Taiwan has remained the same all these years -- they always claimed to "own" Taiwan and threatened Taiwan militarily.
The only difference is today the Chi-Com threat seems more imminent because their military has grown so rapidly -- not in size but in technological capabilities.
For the first time now they seem to be formidable enough to make good on the threats they've been making since roughly 1950.
So, how aggressive Pres. Kamala Biden will be in executing US law regarding Taiwan is anybody's guess -- naturally I fear the worst but always hope for the best.
Kevmo: "***So it was a shiite policy from the beginning."
I thought so at the time Nixon first made his new China policy using "ping-pong diplomacy".
I was then serving overseas in the military, I thought then it was stupid to, seemingly, throw Taiwan under the bus, but it looked like no harm came to Taiwan from Nixon's new policy then.
Now the ambiguities in Nixon's China policy make it possible for geniuses like yourself to claim the US has no moral or strategic reason to help defend Taiwan against naked Chi-Com aggression.
That's too bad, but I still think we should do the best we can.
Kevmo: "***Bad policy.
You seem to think it’s a good policy when we have a good prez, bad policy when we have a bad prez.
Nixon kept Taiwan firmly in place as Chinese soil.
Taiwan will pay that price."
Neither Nixon nor any other US president has ever said we will not help with Taiwan's defense, and US law requires us to help them.
If Pres. Kamala Biden walks away from Taiwan when the chips are down, then Taiwan will not be the last country in Asia to be conquered by Chi-Com aggressions.
It will not end well for us.