{"id":1647013,"date":"2022-09-19T11:04:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647013"},"modified":"2022-09-19T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:05:22","slug":"biden-says-u-s-forces-would-defend-taiwan-in-the-event-of-a-chinese-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/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":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fbiden-says-u-s-forces-would-defend-taiwan-in-the-event-of-a-chinese-invasion%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=1647013&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><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters)\u2014U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S. forces would defend<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on the issue, drawing an angry response from China that said it sent the wrong signal to those seeking an independent<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Asked in a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday whether U.S. forces would defend the democratically governed island claimed by China, he replied: &#8220;Yes, if in fact, there was an unprecedented attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked to clarify if he meant that unlike in Ukraine, U.S. forces\u2014American men and women\u2014would defend<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>in the event of a Chinese invasion, Biden replied: &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The CBS interview was just the latest time that Biden has appeared to go beyond long-standing stated U.S. policy on<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>, but his statement was clearer than previous ones about committing U.S. troops to the defend the island.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has long stuck to a policy of &#8220;strategic ambiguity&#8221; and not making clear whether it would respond militarily to an attack on<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to comment, a White House spokesperson said U.S. policy towards<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>had not changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president has said this before, including in Tokyo earlier this year. He also made clear then that our<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>policy hasn&#8217;t changed. That remains true,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular briefing in Beijing that Biden&#8217;s comments sent a &#8220;seriously wrong signal&#8221; to separatists forces for<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>independence.<\/p>\n<p>China was &#8220;strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed&#8221; to Biden&#8217;s comments and had lodged a formal complaint over it, she said, warning that China reserves the right to take all necessary measures to counter separatism.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Taiwan<\/span>\u2018s foreign ministry expressed its thanks to Biden for his reaffirming of the &#8220;U.S. government&#8217;s rock-solid security commitment to<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Taiwan <\/span>will continue to strengthen its self-defense capabilities and deepen the close security partnership between<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>and the United States, the<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The CBS interview with Biden was conducted last week. The president is in Britain for Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s funeral on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Biden was asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/biden-meets-japanese-emperor-start-visit-launch-regional-economic-plan-2022-05-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a>: &#8220;Yes \u2026 That&#8217;s the commitment we made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the 60 Minutes interview, Biden reiterated the United States remained committed to a &#8220;one-China&#8221; policy in which Washington officially recognizes Beijing not Taipei, and said the United States was not encouraging<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>ese independence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not moving, we are not encouraging their being independent \u2026 that&#8217;s their decision,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>China was angered by a visit to<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>by U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi in August and it conducted its largest-ever military exercises around<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>in response.<\/p>\n<p>China has protested against moves by U.S. lawmakers to advance legislation that would enhance U.S. military support for<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese president Xi Jinping has vowed to bring<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>under Beijing&#8217;s control and has not ruled out the use of force.<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan <\/span>strongly objects to China&#8217;s sovereignty claims.<\/p>\n<p>In a phone call with Biden in July, Xi warned about<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>, saying &#8220;those who play with fire will perish by it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked last October if the United States would come to the defense of<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>, which the United States is required by law to provide with the means to defend itself, Biden said: &#8220;Yes, we have a commitment to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At that time, a White House spokesperson also said Biden was not announcing any change in U.S. policy.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Glaser, an Asia expert at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, said if Biden made such pledges he needed to ensure he could back them up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If President Biden plans to defend<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> Taiwan<\/span>, then he should make sure the U.S. military has the capability to do so,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Rhetorical support that isn&#8217;t backed up by real capabilities is unlikely to strengthen deterrence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s Asia policy czar, Kurt Campbell, has in the past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/significant-downsides-strategic-clarity-over-taiwan-us-2021-05-04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected<\/a> any move to &#8220;strategic clarity&#8221; over\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Taiwan<\/span>, saying there were &#8220;significant downsides&#8221;\u00a0to such an approach.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by David Brunnstrom, Costas Pitas, Trevor Hunnicutt; Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Taipei and Yew Lun Tian in Beijing; Editing by Gerry Doyle and Lincoln Feast)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters)\u2014U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on the issue, drawing an angry response from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"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-1647013","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\/1647013","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\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647013\/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=1647013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}