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US President Joe Biden, speaking about the country’s readiness for the military defense of Taiwan, implied the supply of weapons for the defense of the island. This was stated in the White House, according to NBC.
An unnamed representative of the US administration said that the US policy remains unchanged. Biden, according to him, only confirmed his commitment to the “one China” principle, loyalty to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Military means can be provided to Taiwan for self-defense, and this possibility is fixed in the American law “On Relations with Taiwan,” the White House official stressed. Biden, therefore, did not mean sending American troops to defend the island.
The statement of the American president that the United States is ready to participate militarily to protect Taiwan caused a sharply negative reaction in China. The PRC has long insisted on the need for the United States to stop flirting with separatist sentiments in Taiwan.