{"id":1488285,"date":"2022-05-23T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488285"},"modified":"2022-05-23T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:01:21","slug":"biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says U.S. Committed To Militarily Defending Taiwan, White House Says Policy \u2018Has Not Changed\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbiden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed%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=1488285&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--><div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1488302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1488302\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1488302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed-922x615.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed-675x450.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/biden-says-u-s-committed-to-militarily-defending-taiwan-white-house-says-policy-has-not-changed.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1488302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Eugene Hoshiko \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said that the U.S. was committed to becoming militarily involved if Taiwan was invaded.<\/p>\n<p>He made the comments on Monday alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, during his five-day Asia trip. Biden\u2019s remarks come as there has been increased concern that China might launch an attack on Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t want to get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons,\u201d one reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/23\/world\/asia\/biden-taiwan-china.html\">said<\/a> to Biden. \u201cAre you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThat\u2019s the commitment we made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear if Biden was referring to the prospect of sending only military aid or more direct action. He added that it would not be appropriate for Taiwan to be taken by force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe agree with the One China policy. We signed on to it, and all the attendant agreements made from there, but the idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is [just not] appropriate,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/23\/politics\/biden-taiwan-china-japan-intl-hnk\/index.html\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after Biden\u2019s comments, the White House released a statement seemingly to temper the president\u2019s commitment, saying that \u201cour policy has not changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added that Biden \u201creiterated our One China Policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. He also reiterated our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide Taiwan with the military means to defend itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after his comments, China said it had \u201cstrong dissatisfaction and firm opposition\u201d to the president\u2019s comments saying that the U.S. should be \u201ccautious in words and deeds on the Taiwan issue, and not send any wrong signal to pro-Taiwan independence and separatist forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-pledges-to-defend-taiwan-white-house-says-no-change-in-policy\">time<\/a> the White House has downplayed one of the president\u2019s statements regarding Taiwan. During a CNN town hall, Biden seemed to say that the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily if it was attacked, but the White House stated after that official U.S. policy had not changed.<\/p>\n<p>As Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2022-05-20\/taiwan-china-warplanes-incursion-air-defense-identification-zone-biden-asia-6073664.html\">arrived<\/a> in Asia last week, China flew 14 fighter jets through Taiwan\u2019s air defense identification zone. According to Stars and Stripes, Taiwan\u2019s airspace has been encroached on more and more in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>During his comments on Monday, he said that China was \u201cflirting with danger\u201d in relation to China\u2019s flight maneuvers in Taiwanese airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spent three days in South Korea before heading to Japan as part of his first presidential trip to Asia.<\/p>\n<p>During his speech in Tokyo on Monday, Biden said that the U.S. was \u201cfully committed\u201d to Japan\u2019s defense and that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine \u201cundermines the foundation of the global order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/05\/23\/remarks-by-president-biden-and-prime-minister-fumio-kishida-of-japan-during-bilateral-meeting\/\">laid<\/a> out a new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to increase economic cooperation between the involved countries. Biden will spend one more day in Japan on Tuesday before heading out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said that the U.S. was committed to becoming militarily involved if Taiwan was invaded.\u00a0He made the comments on Monday alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1488302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488285","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\/1488285","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}