Key Points
  • When asked at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida whether the U.S. would be prepared to defend Taiwan if attacked, Biden replied: “Yes.”
  • Taiwan’s foreign ministry thanked Biden for reaffirming U.S. support if Beijing invaded the island.
  • However, China’s foreign ministry said the U.S. should not defend Taiwan independence, Reuters reported.


Biden said. “We agree with the ‘one China’ policy. We signed on to it. All the attendant agreements [were] made from there. But the idea that that can be taken by force, just taken by force. It’s just not it’s just not appropriate.”

Biden says U.S. willing to use force to defend Taiwan — prompting China backlash