Biden repeatedly broke with purposeful American ambiguity to say that the US would defend Taiwan if China invaded the island. He also approved funding for thefirst-ever military aidto the island as Beijing ramped up its military pressure. In contrast, the president-elect earlier this...
"Taiwan will continue to improve its self-defense capabilities, and deepen cooperation with the United States and Japan and other like-minded countries to jointly defend the security of the Taiwan Strait and the rules-based international order, while promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the...
(Worthy News) – American and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, in the first military freedom of navigation operation since U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. would defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China. USS Higgins, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroy...
China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the option of force to take the island back. President Joe Biden has said the U.S. would defend Taiwan in the event of "an unprecedented attack" by China. Under the AUKUS deal, which Asian allies welcom...
would defend Taiwan in the event of “an unprecedented attack” by China. Article content Under the AUKUS deal, which Asian allies welcomed but which Beijing has called an act of nuclear proliferation, the U.S. will sell Australia three subs, built by General Dynamics, in the earl...
Scott, aren’t there many valid reasons why the US would defend Taiwan but not Ukraine? Ukraine doesn’t have a globally important semiconductor industry, for example. To suggest that it is down to racism (unless I’m misinterpreting you) seems a bit strong, no?
The United States said it would defend Taiwan in the face of Chinese incursions into Taiwanese airspace a few months ago.China sent more fighter jets into Taiwanese air space as a result, escalating their show of force.Taiwan threatened to shoot down the Chinese drones in its airspace, if ...
And in October, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged countries to support Taiwan's participation in the United Nations. To make matters worse, Biden said the US would defend Taiwan if Beijing attempted to reunify the island with the motherland. ...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the U.S. would ensure Taiwan had the ability to defend itself if attacked. “There is no change in our policy,” Blinken said on CNN’s “State of the Union” before referring to “a long standing commi