{"id":1639,"date":"2022-09-19T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:22:11","slug":"biden-says-u-s-forces-would-defend-taiwan-in-the-event-of-a-chinese-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polise.az\/en\/biden-says-u-s-forces-would-defend-taiwan-in-the-event-of-a-chinese-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement so far on the issue, something sure to anger Beijing, reports\u00a0Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked in a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday whether U.S. forces would defend the self-ruled island claimed by China, he replied: “Yes, if in fact, there was an unprecedented attack.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked to clarify if he meant that unlike in Ukraine, U.S. forces – American men and women – would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, Biden replied: “Yes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interview was just the latest time that Biden has appeared to go beyond long-standing stated U.S. policy on Taiwan, but his statement was clearer than previous ones about committing U.S. troops to the defend the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States has long stuck to a policy of “strategic ambiguity” and not making clear whether it would respond militarily to an attack on Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked to comment, a White House spokesperson said U.S. policy towards Taiwan had not changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The President has said this before, including in Tokyo earlier this year. He also made clear then that our Taiwan policy hasn\u2019t changed. That remains true,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CBS interview with Biden was conducted last week. The president is in Britain for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, Biden was asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan and replied: “Yes … That’s the commitment we made.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 60 Minutes interview, Biden reiterated the United States did not support Taiwanese independence and remained committed to a “One-China” policy in which Washington officially recognizes Beijing not Taipei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden’s remarks are sure to enrage Beijing, which was greatly angered by a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That visit promoted China to conducted its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan and China has protested moves by U.S. lawmakers to advanced legislation that would enhance U.S. military support for Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to bring democratically-governed Taiwan under Beijing’s control and has not ruled out the use of force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no immediate response to a request for comment from China’s embassy in Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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