{"id":911441,"date":"2021-10-22T20:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=911441"},"modified":"2021-10-22T20:44:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:44:42","slug":"biden-officials-correct-joe-bidens-stance-on-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-correct-joe-bidens-stance-on-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden officials correct Joe Biden\u2019s stance on Taiwan"},"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\">16<\/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-officials-correct-joe-bidens-stance-on-taiwan%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=911441&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 id=\"attachment_2558531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2558531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCTOBER 22: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:18 PM PT \u2013 Friday, October 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Officials in the Biden administration are polishing Joe Biden\u2019s messaging on America\u2019s commitment to Taiwan after he vaguely expressed his stance in Thursday\u2019s town hall.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden hadn\u2019t changed America\u2019s longstanding practice of helping the island nation maintain its sovereignty. This comes after Biden spoke on the matter at his town hall with CNN on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden claimed America remains ready to defend any attack on Taiwan, he went on to rant about America\u2019s partnership with the island nation. Psaki pointed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/96th-congress\/house-bill\/2479\">Taiwan Relations Act<\/a>, a 1979 law mandating America engage in peaceful military, commercial and cultural relations with Taiwan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COOPER: &#8220;Are you saying that the United States would come to Taiwan\u2019s defense?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>QUESTIONER: &#8220;If China attacked?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BIDEN: &#8220;Yes, we have a commitment to do that.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YTgxMaD4MP\">pic.twitter.com\/YTgxMaD4MP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1451359666542452740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSome of the principles of the Taiwan Relations Act are, that the United States will continue to abide by of course, is assisting Taiwan in maintaining a sufficient self defense capability. Another principal is that the United States would regard any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific and of grave concern to the United States,\u201d said Psaki.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin maintained the U.S. military is directed to help Taiwanese forces from any threat to its national security. Speaking after a NATO minister\u2019s conference, Austin reflected on the body\u2019s first acknowledgement of China\u2019s threat to Taiwan in 2019, which is when China rekindled its longstanding claim that Taiwan was part of its authority. It has since upped it\u2019s aggressive military behavior against Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Austin affirmed the U.S. maintains its one-China policy, which allows American diplomats to engage with China and Taiwan peacefully without officially recognizing Taiwan as a country. He added it\u2019s America\u2019s duty to ensure all threats in the Indo-Pacific region are expelled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tune in for a briefing with Press Secretary Jen Psaki. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/grfiMMdTvo\">https:\/\/t.co\/grfiMMdTvo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1451612359919869952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, China hasn\u2019t responded kindly to the Biden administration\u2019s remarks. A spokesperson for the CCP\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned there is no compromise over Taiwan. China believes that Taiwan remains under Chinese control and has demanded Biden follow its manifesto or jeopardize U.S.-China relations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the U.S. to effectively adhere to the one-China principle and the provisions of the three U.S.-China joint communiques, be cautious with its words and actions on the Taiwan issue, and not to send any wrong signals to the separatists of Taiwan independence, so as not to seriously damage China-U.S. relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Straight,\u201d said Spokesperson Wang Wenbin.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, leaders in the Republican Party are calling attention to Biden\u2019s weak defense of Taiwan during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) says Taiwan is the \u201cfrontline of tyranny versus freedom,\u201d equating it to West Berlin, Germany during the Cold War. Sullivan has demanded Biden overhaul policies that would lead to a stronger U.S. military to be on standby should there be a credible threat to America\u2019s ally.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R) warned the threat from China is real and Biden is losing the modern Cold War against the CCP. He urged Biden to provide Taiwan with strong cybersecurity infrastructure, missiles and sea-mines should China take steps to invade the island nation.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/retired-oakland-police-captain-recovering-1-suspect-killed-during-gas-station-gun-battle\/\">Retired Oakland Police Captain Recovering, 1 Suspect Killed During Gas Station Gun Battle<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 OCTOBER 22: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 22, 2021 in Washington, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-911441","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\/911441","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911441\/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=911441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}