Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

U.S. President Joe Biden said successful an interrogation broadcast connected Sunday that U.S. forces would support Taiwan successful the lawsuit of a Chinese invasion, his astir explicit connection truthful acold connected the issue.

Asked successful a CBS "60 Minutes" interrogation whether U.S. forces would support the self-ruled land claimed by China, helium replied: "Yes, if successful fact, determination was an unprecedented attack."

Asked to clarify if helium meant that, dissimilar successful Ukraine, U.S. forces, men and women, would support Taiwan successful the lawsuit of a Chinese invasion, Biden replied: "Yes."

The interrogation was conscionable the latest clip that Biden has appeared to spell beyond long-standing stated U.S. argumentation connected Taiwan, but his connection was clearer than erstwhile ones astir committing U.S. troops to the support the island.

Asked to comment, a White House spokesperson said U.S. argumentation towards Taiwan had not changed. "The President has said this before, including successful Tokyo earlier this year. He besides made wide past that our Taiwan argumentation hasn't changed. That remains true," the spokesperson said.

The CBS interrogation with Biden was conducted past week. The president is successful Britain for Queen Elizabeth's ceremonial connected Monday.

The United States has agelong stuck to a argumentation of not making wide whether it would respond militarily to an onslaught connected Taiwan.

In May, Biden was asked if helium was consenting to get progressive militarily to support Taiwan and replied: "Yes... That's the committedness we made."

In the "60 Minutes" interview, Biden reiterated that the United States did not enactment Taiwanese independency and remained committed to a "One-China" argumentation successful which Washington officially recognizes Beijing not Taipei.