{"id":1022708,"date":"2021-11-17T09:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022708"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:43:39","slug":"joe-biden-backs-down-on-taiwan-after-xi-jinping-warns-of-playing-with-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-backs-down-on-taiwan-after-xi-jinping-warns-of-playing-with-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Backs Down on Taiwan After Xi Jinping Warns of &#039;Playing with Fire&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-backs-down-on-taiwan-after-xi-jinping-warns-of-playing-with-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022708&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden walked back a comment apparently describing Taiwan as \u201cindependent\u201d on Tuesday after dictator Xi Jinping threatened Biden in a virtual meeting that those supporting the island nation would get \u201cburned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After an event on infrastructure in New Hampshire, Biden told reporters he made it very clear to Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping during their video conference that the United States supported the 1979 Taiwan Act.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have made very clear we support the Taiwan Act, and that\u2019s it,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/11\/16\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-press-gaggle\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;to reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s independent. It makes its own decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ait.org.tw\/our-relationship\/policy-history\/key-u-s-foreign-policy-documents-region\/taiwan-relations-act\/\"> Taiwan Act <\/a>does not recognize Taiwan\u2019s sovereignty. The United States does not acknowledge that Taiwan \u2013 run under a democratic system independent from Beijing for its entire existence \u2013 is a sovereign state as doing so would automatically trigger the end of diplomatic ties with communist China. The Taiwan Act does allow Washington to establish \u201crelations\u201d with Taipei separately from Beijing and allows the United States \u201cto provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character,\u201d effectively lending support against a Chinese invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Biden acted quickly to correct his comments to reporters, speaking to them again before boarding Air Force One for his trip home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9741379310345\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As usual, China disciplines its lapdog. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pt8gbXukbj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pt8gbXukbj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1451553584290672644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are not encouraging independence,\u201d Biden said, repeatedly saying that \u201cnothing\u201d would happen on the issue of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re encouraging that they do exactly what the Taiwan Act requires, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he continued. \u201cLet them make up their mind. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/11\/16\/remarks-by-president-biden-before-air-force-one-departure-11\/\">repeatedly<\/a> cited the Taiwan Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing happens. We\u2019re not going to change our policy at all,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden commented on Taiwan after his over three-hour video conference call with Xi on Monday evening where the Chinese dictator scolded the United States on the issue of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch moves are extremely dangerous, just like playing with fire,\u201d Xi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.cn\/english\/2021-11\/16\/c_1310314094.htm\">said<\/a>&nbsp;to Biden according to Xinhua. \u201cWhoever plays with fire will get burnt.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_8475350\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/parade-1600x960-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8475350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/parade-1600x960-1.png\" alt=\"In this April 12, 2018 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea. China has announced live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. The announcement by authorities in the coastal province of Fujian on Thursday was accompanied by a statement that the navy was ending a three-day exercise in the South China one day early. (Li Gang\/Xinhua via AP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this April 12, 2018 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea. China has announced live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. (Li Gang\/Xinhua via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chinese warplanes actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/16\/china-violates-taiwans-airspace-amid-xi-biden-video-call\/\">entered<\/a> Taiwan\u2019s Air Defense Identification Zone during Biden\u2019s video call with Xi on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s stumble over his rhetoric on Taiwan occurred after he promised to improve communications with China to \u201cmanage differences,\u201d on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time that the White House has had to clarify the president\u2019s comments on Taiwan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In October, the White House clarified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/10\/22\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-a-cnn-town-hall-with-anderson-cooper-2\/\">remarks<\/a> from Biden during a CNN town hall where he said the United States would act to defend Taiwan if China attacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we have a commitment to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.133971291866\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amid unprecedented aggression from communist China, Taiwan President&nbsp;Tsai Ing-wen said the country will not &#8220;bow down to pressure.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pmuUGP9K67\">https:\/\/t.co\/pmuUGP9K67<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1447558300124553219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki reassured reporters after the town hall that the Taiwan policy had not changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been no shift. The President was not announcing any change in our policy nor has he made a decision to change our policy,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is no change in our policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s rhetorical stumble on the issue of Taiwan happened hours after White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said that the president fully understood the nuances of the Taiwan act.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan spoke about Biden\u2019s video conference with Xi during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gtxMGKHH_14\">event<\/a> with the Brookings Institution on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also reminded President Xi that he voted for the Taiwan relations act as a senator and so he understands deeply first-hand that the act makes clear that any effort to shape Taiwan\u2019s future, by other than peaceful means is of grave concern to the United States,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden walked back a comment apparently describing Taiwan as \u201cindependent\u201d on Tuesday after dictator Xi Jinping threatened Biden in a virtual meeting that those supporting the island nation &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}