Posted on 10/22/2021 1:25:55 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
President Joe Biden on Thursday night promised the U.S. stands behind Taiwan’s defense and had a commitment to militarily support the island China claims for itself. The White House was forced to hastily issue a different, contradictory statement before the evening was out.
“Yes, we have a commitment to do that,” Biden told a town hall audience when asked if the U.S. would come to the defense of Taiwan.
The president made a similar pledge in August during an ABC interview, insisting the U.S. would always defend key allies, including Taiwan, despite the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The Guardian reports the White House subsequently told reporters Thursday evening U.S. policy on Taiwan was nothing like that described by the president.
A White House spokesperson said Biden was not announcing any change in U.S. foreign or military policy.
“The U.S. defence relationship with Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act. We will uphold our commitment under the act, we will continue to support Taiwan’s self-defence, and we will continue to oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo,” the spokesperson said.
The “Taiwan agreement” is an unofficial name for a long-standing policy dictating Beijing and Washington’s relationship with Taipei.
Under the agreement, the U.S. officially recognizes China rather than Taiwan for diplomatic purposes.
The legislation “makes clear that the U.S. decision to establish diplomatic ties with Beijing instead of Taiwan rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means,” Reuters outlined.
“While that act binds the United States to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself, Washington only acknowledges China’s stance that the island belongs to it and that there is ‘one China,’ and takes no position on Taiwan’s sovereignty,” the news agency noted.
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) established the “one-China” policy so that foreign governments could officially recognize Beijing’s stance that only one legitimate Chinese government exists.
The policy stipulates the CCP is the sole ruler of China’s government and must never be challenged on that specific edict.
BIDEN TO TAIWAN:
DROP DEAD
For your interest.
Who is this Hite House that keeps contradicting “President” Biden? /s
"Pay no attention to him, Mr. Ambassador, he's just an old guy we let hang around who thinks he's in charge, you know, like Emperor Norton?"
Chinese Propagandist Dismisses Taiwan Defense: Biden ‘Too Old to Think Clearly’
Chen Weihua （陈卫华）
He is just too old to think clearly. To be blunt
Stopped reading right there.
The White House wasn’t a choice on my ballot.
Is that the “Green Light” ?
Is there any question yet that Biden and his people are in China's back pocket? Communist China has made provocations but their open stated intention is to convince Taiwan back into their fold without a fight.
bttt
“White House contradicts....” Proves that Dopey Joe is not the president. Never was. Never will be.
This group of morons and traitors won’t even defend the US.
The vile commie filth in the WH know that if we abandon Taiwan all of our other international agreements will go poof. This is what they want. An isolated US they can turn into one huge “Utopia”/concentration camp.
The Taiwanese must be happy....
Chinese agression against Tiawan would be met by an appeasement that would make Neville Chamberlain’s deal with Hitler look honorable. I can see John Kerry getting off his plane waiving a document and declaring peace in our time
Exactly who is this “white house”? Does he/she have a birth certificate? Awfully strange name to give your child.
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