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Jennifer Jett 22, Asia digital editor for NBC News, 9/19/22, “U.S. forces would defend Taiwan against Chinese attack, Biden says”, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joe-biden-china-us-forces-defend-taiwan-rcna48271, vw
U.S. forces would defend Taiwan if China invaded, President Joe Biden said Sunday, his clearest statement yet on the issue and one criticized by Beijing as a violation of longstanding U.S. policy.
In a “60 Minutes” interview broadcast on CBS, Biden was asked whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan against an attack from Beijing, which claims the self-ruling island democracy as its territory.
“Yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack,” he said.
The president said “yes” when he was asked whether he meant that, unlike in Ukraine, U.S. forces would come to Taiwan’s defense.