“at a news conference in Tokyo, Biden was asked by a journalist: \u201cAre you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes,\u201d said Biden. \u201cThat\u2019s the commitment we made.\u201d
Biden\u2019s remark might be a big deal. US policy toward Taiwan has been one of \u201cstrategic ambiguity\u201d for four decades \u2014 supporting Taiwan\u2019s independence without quite saying so. As part of the \u201cOne China\u201d policy, the US does not recognize the democratic island nation of Taiwan, but maintains \u201ca robust unofficial relationship\u201d with it, according to the State Department. (The US supports Taiwan with weapons and has deep economic ties with the country.) In a phrase, Biden broke down that convention.
At the same time, it wasn\u2019t a particularly revelatory moment. It was actually the third time that Biden has said something along these lines. In October 2021, Biden stated a similar \u201ccommitment\u201d to Taiwan. In August 2021, Biden compared the US approach to Taiwan to its pledge to defend NATO countries. (An official then walked back those remarks).
All of those comments reveal a lot about Biden\u2019s tendency for undisciplined, off-the-cuff responses \u2014 another example is his remark in late March that Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power\u201d \u2014 but don\u2019t necessarily represent major policy shifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, once again, the White House quickly disavowed Biden\u2019s statement. \u201cAs the president said, our policy has not changed,\u201d a White House official said.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2022\/5\/23\/23138005\/biden-gaffe-defending-taiwan-china-us-policy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“at a news conference in Tokyo, Biden was asked by a journalist: \u201cAre you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d said Biden. \u201cThat\u2019s the commitment we made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s remark might be a big deal. US policy toward Taiwan has been one of \u201cstrategic ambiguity\u201d for four decades \u2014 supporting Taiwan\u2019s independence without quite saying so. As part of the \u201cOne China\u201d policy, the US does not recognize the democratic island nation of Taiwan, but maintains \u201ca robust unofficial relationship\u201d with it, according to the State Department. (The US supports Taiwan with weapons and has deep economic ties with the country.) In a phrase, Biden broke down that convention.<\/p>\n
At the same time, it wasn\u2019t a particularly revelatory moment. It was actually the third time that Biden has said something along these lines. In October 2021, Biden stated a similar \u201ccommitment\u201d to Taiwan. In August 2021, Biden compared the US approach to Taiwan to its pledge to defend NATO countries. (An official then walked back those remarks).<\/p>\n
All of those comments reveal a lot about Biden\u2019s tendency for undisciplined, off-the-cuff responses \u2014 another example is his remark in late March that Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power\u201d \u2014 but don\u2019t necessarily represent major policy shifts.<\/p>\n
Today, once again, the White House quickly disavowed Biden\u2019s statement. \u201cAs the president said, our policy has not changed,\u201d a White House official said.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[89,552,390,272,355,314,1545,780,333,619,158],"class_list":["post-8238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-china","tag-conflict","tag-diplomacy","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-foreign-policy","tag-international-relations","tag-invasion","tag-joe-biden","tag-taiwan","tag-united-states","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8239,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8238\/revisions\/8239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}