Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on April 11 that it would be a “serious mistake” for the Chinese regime to attack Taiwan and expressed “real concern” about Beijing’s growing intimidation against the island. Blinken, in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” however, stopped short to saying if the United States would respond militarily if the Chinese regime were to seize Taiwan by force, saying he wasn’t “going to get into hypothethicals.” “All I can tell you is we have a serious commitment to Taiwan being able to defend itself,” he said, referring to the United States’ obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide arms to the island for its self-defense. “We have a serious commitment to peace and security in the Western Pacific.” Blinken added, “In that context, it would be a serious mistake for anyone to try to change that status quo by force.” The Chinese …