Biden says US willing to respond 'militarily' in event of Chinese attack on Taiwan
CNN
President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would respond militarily if China intervenes in Taiwan by force, telling reporters in Tokyo, "That's the commitment we made."
"Look, here's the situation," Biden told reporters during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. "We 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."
The President has made similar statements in the past, only to have the White House say longstanding US policy had not changed toward the self-governing island. The US provides Taiwan defensive weapons, but has remained intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack.
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