The United States has again pledged its military support to Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. “This is the commitment we have made,” said US President Joe Biden when asked about this at a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Monday. China “plays with danger,” he stressed.
The US would support the One China policy, but not the idea of using force to implement it. “It’s just not appropriate.” Biden had already caused a stir in October with the explicit assurance of military support for Taiwan in the event of a possible attack by China. Beijing reacted sharply.
Beijing sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that should be reunited with the mainland – if necessary with military force. Taiwan seceded from China in 1949 after the communists triumphed in the civil war.
