U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, President Joe Biden said in a '60 Minutes' interview that aired Sunday, his clearest statement yet on the issue and one that is likely to infuriate Beijing.
In a
broadcast on CBS, Biden was asked whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan against an attack from Beijing, which claims the self-ruling island democracy as its territory.The president said “yes” when he was asked whether he meant that, unlike inIt is at least the fourth time since last year that Biden has made comments that appear to alter longtime U.S. policy on Taiwan. Since it established diplomatic relations with China in 1979, the U.S.
The U.S. is bound by law to provide Taiwan with defensive weapons, but it has a policy of “strategic ambiguity” when it comes to exactly how it would respond to Chinese aggression toward the island.
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