President warns China is “flirting with danger”
President Joe Biden reaffirmed that the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if China invaded the autonomous island, and warned that Beijing posed a “threat flirting”.
Asked whether the United States would intervene militarily against Beijing in the event of a Chinese attempt to take control of Taiwan by force, Biden said, “That’s our commitment.”
China considers Taiwan its own rebel province that should be integrated into the countryIf necessary, by force.
“We agree with the one China policy, and we have signed on to it … but the idea that Taiwan should be taken by force is not justified,” he said.
In his harsh remarks about the situation in Ukraine and the West’s help to this country to repel Russian aggression, Biden linked the situation to Taiwan.
Russia will have to pay a “long-term price” for “its brutality in Ukraine”, Biden said. “And this doesn’t just apply to Ukraine,” he said, as China notes that Western pressure remains on Moscow.
“What signal does all this send to China about any attempt to take Taiwan by force?” Biden asked.
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