<p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/biden-taiwan-china-japan-intl-hnk/index.html">President Joe Biden said Monday</a> that the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-movie-free/profile">United States would intervene militarily</a> if <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-movie-free/profile">China attempts</a> to take <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-at-home/profile">Taiwan by force</a>, a <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-at-home/profile">warning that appeared</a> to deviate from <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-at-home/profile">the deliberate ambiguity traditionally</a> held <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-at-home/profile">by Washington</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-streaming-free/profile">White House quickly downplayed</a> the comments, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-streaming-free/profile">saying they don't reflect</a> a <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-streaming-free/profile">change in US policy</a>. It's the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-streaming-free/profile">third time in recent months</a> -- <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-123movies-mp4/profile">including during</a> a <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-123movies-mp4/profile">CNN town hall in October</a> -- that <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-123movies-hd/profile">Biden has said the US</a> would <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-123movies-hd/profile">protect Taiwan</a> from <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-movie-free/profile">a Chinese attack</a>, only to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-movie-free/profile">have the White House</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-movie-free/profile">walk back those remarks</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Joe Biden says US would respond 'militarily' if China attacked Taiwan, but White House insists there's no policy change</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-movie-free/profile">During a joint news</a> conference <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-doctor-strange-2-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-at-123movies/profile">with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida</a> in Tokyo, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-doctor-strange-2-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-2022-at-123movies/profile">Biden was asked</a> if the US would be <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-doctor-strange-2-2022-at-home/profile">willing to go further</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-doctor-strange-2-2022-at-home/profile">help Taiwan in the event</a> of <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-2022-streaming-free/profile">an invasion</a> than <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-2022-streaming-free/profile">it did with Ukraine</a>.</p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-streaming-free/profile">You didn't want to get involved</a> in <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-streaming-free/profile">the Ukraine conflict militarily</a> for <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-123movies-mp4/profile">obvious reasons</a>. <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-123movies-mp4/profile">Are you willing</a> to get <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-streaming-123movies-hd/profile">involved militarily</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-doctor-strange-2-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-streaming-123movies-hd/profile">defend Taiwan</a> if <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-doctor-strange-2-movie-free/profile">it comes to that?</a>" a <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-doctor-strange-2-movie-free/profile">reporter asked</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-movie-free/profile">"Yes," Biden replied.</a> "<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-movie-free/profile">That's the commitment we made</a>."</p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-2022-at-123movies/profile">We agree with the One China policy</a>. We <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-2022-at-123movies/profile">signed on to it</a>, and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-2022-at-home/profile">all the attendant agreement</a>s made from there, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-2022-at-home/profile">but the idea</a> that it <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-2022-streaming-free/profile">can be taken by force</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-2022-streaming-free/profile">just taken by force</a>, is <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-streaming-free/profile">(just not) appropriate</a>," he said.</p>
<p>Under the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-streaming-free/profile">"One China" policy</a>, the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-123movies-mp4/profile">US acknowledges China's position</a> that <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-123movies-mp4/profile">Taiwan is part of China</a>, but has never <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-123movies-hd/profile">officially recognized Beijing's claim</a> to the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-123movies-hd/profile">self-governing island of 23 million</a>. The <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-movie-free/profile">US provides Taiwan</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-dumbledore-movie-free/profile">defensive weapons</a>, but has <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-movie-free/profile">remained intentionally ambiguous</a> on whether it would <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-movie-free/profile">intervene militarily</a> in <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-2022-at-123movies/profile">the event</a> of a <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-2022-at-123movies/profile">Chinese attack</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-2022-at-home/profile">Biden's strong warning</a> was <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-2022-at-home/profile">made right</a> on <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-2022-streaming-free/profile">China's doorstep during</a> his <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-2022-streaming-free/profile">first trip</a> to <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-streaming-free/profile">Asia as President</a>. The <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-streaming-free/profile">visit is aimed</a> at <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-123movies-mp4/profile">uniting allies</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-123movies-mp4/profile">partners to counter China's rising influence</a>. It also <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-123movies-hd/profile">came a day before Biden</a> is <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-123movies-hd/profile">scheduled to attend</a> the second <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-movie-free/profile">in-person summit</a> of <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-movie-free/profile">the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-lost-city-movie-free/profile">(Quad)</a> -- an <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-lost-city-movie-free/profile">informal grouping</a> between <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-the-lost-city-2022-at-123movies/profile">the US, Japan</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-the-lost-city-2022-at-123movies/profile">Australia and India</a> that <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-the-lost-city-2022-at-home/profile">has alarmed Beijin</a>g.</p>
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<p>Several of <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-the-lost-city-2022-at-home/profile">Biden's top administration officials</a> were <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-lost-city-2022-streaming-free/profile">caught off-guard</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-lost-city-2022-streaming-free/profile">by the remarks</a>, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-lost-city-streaming-free/profile">several aides told CNN</a>, adding that <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-lost-city-streaming-free/profile">they were not expecting</a> Biden to <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-lost-city-123movies-mp4/profile">be so unequivocal</a>.</p>
<p>In a statement <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-lost-city-123movies-mp4/profile">following Biden's comments</a>, a <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-lost-city-123movies-hd/profile">White House official said</a> the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-lost-city-123movies-hd/profile">US' official position</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-the-lost-city-movie-free/profile">remained unchanged</a>.</p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-the-lost-city-movie-free/profile">As the President said</a>, our <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-movie-free/profile">policy has not changed</a>. He reiterated <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-movie-free/profile">our One China policy</a> and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-2022-at-123movies/profile">our commitment</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-2022-at-123movies/profile">peace and stability</a> across <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-2022-at-home/profile">the Taiwan Strait</a>. He also <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-2022-at-home/profile">reiterated our commitment</a> under the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-2022-streaming-free/profile">Taiwan Relations</a> Act <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-2022-streaming-free/profile">to provide Taiwan</a> with <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-streaming-free/profile">the military means</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-streaming-free/profile">defend itself</a>," <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-123movies-mp4/profile">the official sai</a>d.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-123movies-mp4/profile">Within hours</a>, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-123movies-hd/profile">China had expressed</a> its "<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-123movies-hd/profile">strong dissatisfaction</a> and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-movie-free/profile">firm opposition</a>" to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-jujutsu-kaisen-0-movie-free/profile">Biden's comments</a>, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-northman-movie-free/profile">saying it will not allow</a> any <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-northman-movie-free/profile">external force</a> to <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-the-northman-2022-at-123movies/profile">interfere in its</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-the-northman-2022-at-123movies/profile">"internal affairs.</a>"</p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-the-northman-2022-at-home/profile">On issues concerning</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-the-northman-2022-at-home/profile">China's sovereignty</a> and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-northman-2022-streaming-free/profile">territorial integrity</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-northman-2022-streaming-free/profile">other core interests</a>, there <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-northman-streaming-free/profile">is no room for compromise</a>," <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-northman-streaming-free/profile">said Wang Wenbin</a>, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-northman-123movies-mp4/profile">a spokesman</a> for the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-northman-123movies-mp4/profile">Chinese Foreign Ministr</a>y.</p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-northman-123movies-hd/profile">We urged the US side</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-northman-123movies-hd/profile">earnestly follow</a> the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-the-northman-movie-free/profile">One China principle</a> ... <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-the-northman-movie-free/profile">be cautious in words</a> and deeds on <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-movie-free/profile">the Taiwan issue</a>, and not <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-movie-free/profile">send any wrong signal</a> to <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-the-bad-guys-2022-at-123movies/profile">pro-Taiwan independence</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-the-bad-guys-2022-at-123movies/profile">separatist forces</a> — so it <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-the-bad-guys-2022-at-home/profile">won't cause serious damage</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-the-bad-guys-2022-at-home/profile">the situation across</a> the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-2022-streaming-free/profile">Taiwan Strait</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-2022-streaming-free/profile">China-US relations</a>."</p>
<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-streaming-free/profile">China's Taiwan Affairs Office</a> spokesperson <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-streaming-free/profile">Zhu Fenglian added</a>, "<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-123movies-mp4/profile">We urge the US</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-123movies-mp4/profile">stop saying</a> or doing <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-123movies-hd/profile">anything in violation</a> of <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bad-guys-123movies-hd/profile">the one-China principle</a> and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-the-bad-guys-movie-free/profile">the three China-US</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-the-bad-guys-movie-free/profile">Joint Communiqués</a>. ... <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-movie-free/profile">Those who play</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-movie-free/profile">with fire will certainly</a> burn themselves."</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-top-gun-maverick-2022-at-123movies/profile">Taiwan lies fewer</a> than <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-top-gun-maverick-2022-at-123movies/profile">110 miles</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-top-gun-maverick-2022-at-home/profile">(177 kilometers)</a> off <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-top-gun-maverick-2022-at-home/profile">the coast</a> of <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-2022-streaming-free/profile">China. For more than 70 years</a> the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-2022-streaming-free/profile">two sides</a> have <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-streaming-free/profile">been governed separately</a>, but that <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-streaming-free/profile">hasn't stopped China's</a> ruling <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-123movies-mp4/profile">Communist Party</a> from <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-123movies-mp4/profile">claiming the island</a> as its own — <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-123movies-hd/profile">despite having never controlled</a> it.<br />
<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-top-gun-maverick-123movies-hd/profile">Chinese leader Xi Jinping</a> has said that <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-top-gun-maverick-movie-free/profile">"reunification"</a> between <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-top-gun-maverick-movie-free/profile">China and Taiwan</a> is <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-movie-free/profile">inevitable and refused</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-movie-free/profile">rule out</a> the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-2022-at-123movies/profile">use of force</a>. <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-2022-at-123movies/profile">Tensions between Beijing</a> and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-2022-at-home/profile">Taipei are at the highest</a> they've <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-2022-at-home/profile">been in recent decades</a>, with <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-2022-streaming-free/profile">the Chinese military</a> sending <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-2022-streaming-free/profile">record numbers</a> of <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-streaming-free/profile">war planes near</a> the island.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-streaming-free/profile">Joanne Ou</a>, a spokesperson <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-123movies-mp4/profile">for Taiwan's Ministry</a> of <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-123movies-mp4/profile">Foreign Affairs</a>, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-123movies-hd/profile">told CNN that</a> it "<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-123movies-hd/profile">expresses sincere</a> welcome and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-movie-free/profile">gratitude to President Biden</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-downton-abbey-a-new-era-movie-free/profile">the United States government</a> for <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-movie-free/profile">reiterating its rock</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-movie-free/profile">solid commitment to Taiwan</a>."</p>
<p><strong>Joe Biden compares potential invasion of Taiwan to Ukraine war</strong></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/hq-watch-jurassic-world-dominion-2022-at-123movies/profile">Biden on Monday</a> compared a <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/hq-watch-jurassic-world-dominion-2022-at-123movies/profile">potential invasion</a> of <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/free-watch-jurassic-world-dominion-2022-at-home/profile">Taiwan by China</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/free-watch-jurassic-world-dominion-2022-at-home/profile">Russia's invasion of Ukraine</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-2022-streaming-free/profile">earlier this year,</a> warning, "<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-2022-streaming-free/profile">It will dislocate</a> the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-streaming-free/profile">entire region</a>," and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-streaming-free/profile">emphasizing</a> "<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-123movies-mp4/profile">Russia has to pa</a>y a <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-123movies-mp4/profile">long-term price</a> for its actions."</p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-123movies-hd/profile">And the reason</a> I <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-jurassic-world-dominion-123movies-hd/profile">bother to say this</a>, not just <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-jurassic-world-dominion-movie-free/profile">about Ukraine</a> -- <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-jurassic-world-dominion-movie-free/profile">if, in fact, after all</a> (<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-365-days-this-day-movie-free/profile">Russian President Vladimir Putin has</a>) done, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-365-days-this-day-movie-free/profile">there's a rapprochement</a> ... <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-365-days-this-day-free-123movies-hd/profile">between the Ukrainians</a> and Russia, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-365-days-this-day-free-123movies-hd/profile">and these sanctions</a> are <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-365-days-2-this-day-2022-streaming-free/profile">not continued</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-365-days-2-this-day-2022-streaming-free/profile">be sustained in many ways</a>, then <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-365-days-this-day-movie-free/profile">what signal does</a> that <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-365-days-this-day-movie-free/profile">send to China about</a> the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-free/profile">cost of attempting</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-free/profile">attempting to take Taiwan by force?</a>"</p>
<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-free-123movies-hd/profile">Biden said that China</a> is "<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-free-123movies-hd/profile">already flirting with danger</a> right now <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-2022-streaming-free/profile">by flying so close</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-2022-streaming-free/profile">all the maneuvers they're undertaking</a>."</p>
<p>"But the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-movie-free/profile">United States is committed</a>, we <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-the-bob-s-burgers-movie-movie-free/profile">made a commitment</a>, we <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-firestarter-movie-free/profile">support the One China policy</a>, we <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-firestarter-movie-free/profile">support all we've done</a> in the past, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-firestarter-free-123movies-hd/profile">but that does not mean</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-firestarter-free-123movies-hd/profile">it does not mean</a> that <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-firestarter-2022-streaming-free/profile">China has the ability</a>, has the, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-firestarter-movie-free/profile">excuse me</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-firestarter-2022-streaming-free/profile">jurisdiction to go</a> in and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-firestarter-movie-free/profile">use force to take over Taiwan</a>," he added.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-family-camp-movie-free/profile">At the press conference</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-family-camp-movie-free/profile">Kishida also reaffirmed</a> the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-family-camp-free-123movies-hd/profile">importance of peace</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-family-camp-free-123movies-hd/profile">stability in the Taiwan Strait</a>.</p>
<p>"<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-family-camp-2022-streaming-free/profile">Attempts to change</a> the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-family-camp-2022-streaming-free/profile">status quo by force</a>, like <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-family-camp-movie-free/profile">Russia's aggression</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-family-camp-movie-free/profile">against Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-movie-free/profile">should never</a> be <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-movie-free/profile">tolerated in the Indo-Pacific</a>, above all, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-free-123movies-hd/profile">in East Asia</a>," he said.</p>
<p>"As the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-free-123movies-hd/profile">regional security environment</a> becomes <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-2022-streaming-free/profile">increasingly severe</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-2022-streaming-free/profile">I reaffirmed with President Biden</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-movie-free/profile">that we need</a> to <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-movie-free/profile">speedily strengthen</a> the <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-memory-movie-free/profile">deterrence</a> and <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-memory-movie-free/profile">response of the Japan-US alliance</a>," he said, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-memory-free-123movies-hd/profile">adding that he conveyed</a> <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-memory-free-123movies-hd/profile">his determination</a> to "<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-memory-2022-streaming-free/profile">fundamentally strengthen Japan's defense capability</a>."</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Joe Biden just keeps stepping in it</strong></span></p>
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<p>On Monday, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/biden-taiwan-china-ukraine-russia/index.html">President Joe Biden said that the United States</a> would be <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-memory-2022-streaming-free/profile">willing to respond militarily if China</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-memory-movie-free/profile">invaded Taiwan</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-memory-movie-free/profile">Within hours</a>, his <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-movie-free/profile">White House aides insisted</a> that <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-movie-free/profile">the President's comments</a> did <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-free-123movies-hd/profile">not constitute any official US</a> policy change, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-free-123movies-hd/profile">despite the fact</a> that <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022-streaming-free/profile">Biden has suggested</a> at <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022-streaming-free/profile">other points</a> in <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-movie-free/profile">recent months</a> that the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-movie-free/profile">US would defend Taiwan</a> if <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-father-stu-movie-free/profile">the country</a> was <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-father-stu-movie-free/profile">attacked by China</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-father-stu-free-123movies-hd/profile">This is not an isolated incident</a>. Over his <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-father-stu-free-123movies-hd/profile">first 18 months in office</a>, <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-father-stu-2022-streaming-free/profile">Biden has repeatedly</a> said things <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-father-stu-2022-streaming-free/profile">that appear</a> to go <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-father-stu-movie-free/profile">well beyond</a> what <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-father-stu-movie-free/profile">his administration's policies are</a> -- and <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-dragon-ball-super-super-hero-free-123movies-hd/profile">forced officials</a> to walk back <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-dragon-ball-super-super-hero-free-123movies-hd/profile">what he has said</a>.<br />
Consider:</p>
<p>* <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-dragon-ball-super-super-hero-movie-free/profile">In mid-March</a>, Biden said <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-dragon-ball-super-super-hero-movie-free/profile">that Russian President Vladimir Putin</a> <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-sneakerella-free-123movies-hd/profile">"cannot remain in power"</a> amid the <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-sneakerella-free-123movies-hd/profile">country's invasion of Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-sneakerella-movie-free/profile">Not long after,</a> a <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-sneakerella-movie-free/profile">White House official</a> said: "<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-valet-free-123movies-hd/profile">The President's point</a> was <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-valet-free-123movies-hd/profile">that Putin cannot</a> be <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-the-valet-movie-free/profile">allowed to exercise power over</a> his <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-the-valet-movie-free/profile">neighbors or the region</a>. He was <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-emergency-free-123movies-hd/profile">not discussing Putin's power</a> in Russia, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-emergency-free-123movies-hd/profile">or regime change</a>." <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/full-hd-watch-emergency-movie-free/profile">For his part</a>, Biden said he <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/full-hd-watch-emergency-movie-free/profile">was not walking anything back</a>.</p>
<p>* <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-flash-season-8-episode-16-online-the-cw/profile">Also in March</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-flash-season-8-episode-16-online-the-cw/profile">Biden appeared to suggest American troops</a> would <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-the-flash-season-8-episode-16-free-streaming/profile">be sent to Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-the-flash-season-8-episode-16-free-streaming/profile">before a White House spokesman</a> said: "<a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-obi-wan-kenobi-season-1-episode-1-online-disney/profile">The President has been clear</a> we are <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-obi-wan-kenobi-season-1-episode-1-online-disney/profile">not sending US troops</a> to <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-obi-wan-kenobi-season-1-episode-1-free-streaming/profile">Ukraine and there</a> is <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-obi-wan-kenobi-season-1-episode-1-free-streaming/profile">no change in that position</a>."</p>
<p>* <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-1-episode-4-online-paramount/profile">In the fall, Biden</a> -- <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-1-episode-4-online-paramount/profile">in a CNN town hall</a> -- <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-1-episode-4-free-streaming/profile">suggested he was considering</a> using <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-1-episode-4-free-streaming/profile">the National Guard</a> to <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-greys-anatomy-season-18-episode-19-online-abc/profile">ease supply-chain issues</a>. <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-greys-anatomy-season-18-episode-19-online-abc/profile">The administration was forced</a> to <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-greys-anatomy-season-18-episode-19-free-streaming/profile">issue a statement making clear</a> that: "<a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-greys-anatomy-season-18-episode-19-free-streaming/profile">We are not actively pursuing</a> the use of <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-season-7-episode-3-online-vh1/profile">the National Guard</a> on <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-season-7-episode-3-online-vh1/profile">a federal level</a>."</p>
<p>* <a href="https://www.buc.edu/profile/watch-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-season-7-episode-3-free-streaming/profile">Last summer</a>, <a href="https://www.skillsusaca.org/profile/watch-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-season-7-episode-3-free-streaming/profile">Biden briefly imperiled the bipartisan infrastructure dea</a>l by saying that he <a href="http://paste.jp/55940a8e/">wouldn't sign the measure unless a bigger domestic package</a> was <a href="https://ideone.com/Bwn9Ho">on his desk as well</a>. <a href="http://controlc.com/73f3f636">Biden issued a statement walking back that threat</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://paste.firnsy.com/paste/lGdvhQm2Q3q">On and on it goes</a>. And it's <a href="https://paiza.io/projects/5FTnh1AEZi5WsT3ljwbbxA?language=php">clear that Biden getting ahead of his administration's policies</a> is a feature, <a href="https://jsfiddle.net/rej6Lpgs/">not a glitch</a>, <a href="https://jsfiddle.net/kepinajach/f2wt1gbd/">of his time in office</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://onlinegdb.com/Gk5oRrO4W">Biden's tendency toward</a> saying <a href="https://rentry.co/w4px4">something that he shouldn't isn't exactly new</a>.<br />
"<a href="http://cpp.sh/25pgr">I am a gaffe machine</a>, but my God, <a href="https://pastebin.com/0UsWa1jU">what a wonderful thing compared</a> to <a href="https://pastebin.com/raw/0UsWa1jU">a guy who can't tell the truth</a>," <a href="https://tech.io/snippet/Kw7yXsY">Biden said in 2018</a>.<br />
<a href="https://dotnetfiddle.net/9YCsvW">Which, well, OK</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://elouise.cookpad-blog.jp/articles/718773">It is beyond debate that Biden has repeatedly strayed</a> from <a href="https://www.getrevue.co/profile/biden-says-us-would-respond">the official line during his time in public life</a>. <a href="https://www.cakeresume.com/me/biden-says-would-respond-militarily">The most prominent example of that tendency</a> came in <a href="https://www.onfeetnation.com/profiles/blogs/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked">May 2012 when as vice president</a>, <a href="https://webhitlist.com/profiles/blogs/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked">Biden expressed support for same-sex marriage</a> -- <a href="http://www.4mark.net/story/6561627/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan">a policy stance that put him ahead</a> of <a href="https://www.noteflight.com/profile/147487509d68c2ab250c75ead0edf035bb85b2bf">where then-President Barack Obama</a> was <a href="https://niche4k.blogspot.com/2022/05/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond.html">on the issue at the time</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://wafi-lounge.co.uk/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan/">But as president, the bar is</a> -- and should be -- <a href="https://www.atoallinks.com/2022/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan/">higher. What a president says can move markets</a>. It can <a href="https://lexcliq.com/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan/">create diplomatic uncertainty</a>. And <a href="https://mindvalley.kl.tis.edu.my/post/president-joe-biden-said-monday-that-the-united-states-would-intervene-mili--628c77859a7d661c018759b0">perhaps most importantly for a president struggling</a> to <a href="https://fillmorecentral.instructure.com/courses/5173/pages/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan">convince the public</a> of his <a href="https://hire.careerbliss.com/company/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan/">command of the major issues facing the country</a>, it <a href="http://www.shadowville.com/board/general-discussions/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan">serves as a major distraction</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.click4r.com/posts/g/4395132/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan">Every time the administration</a> has to <a href="http://toparticlesubmissionsites.com/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan/">put a statement out clarifying something Biden</a> said -- and it <a href="https://www.beatstars.com/bidensayswouldrespondmilitarily/about">seems to happen nearly weekly these days</a> -- it <a href="https://www.cosumnes.org/volunteer-forums/profile/biden-would-respond-militarily/">erodes the notion that the President</a> is on <a href="https://hostsailor.com/community/profile/biden-would-respond-militarily/">top of the major issues facing the country</a>. It suggests that <a href="https://vicephec.org/2020/index.php/community/profile/biden-would-respond-militarily/">there is some sort of disconnect</a> between what <a href="https://cpi.edu/author/biden-would-respond-militarily/">Biden says and what his administration's actual policies</a> are.<br />
<a href="https://www.sum.edu/author/biden-would-respond-militarily/">In short: It's a bad look for a President</a> already in a very dark political place.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/world/asia/biden-taiwan-china.html">As president, Mr. Biden has ignored before the practiced imprecision</a> of <a href="https://www.madinamerica.com/author/biden-would-respond-militarily/">his predecessors with regard to China and Taiwan</a>. Last August, <a href="https://www.mindspec.org/author/biden-would-respond-militarily/">in reassuring allies after his decision</a> to <a href="https://www.maliweb.net/author/biden-would-respond-militarily">abandon the government of Afghanistan</a>, he promised that <a href="http://www.heromachine.com/forums/users/biden-would-respond-militarily/">“we would respond”</a> if <a href="https://www.spacedesk.net/forums/users/biden-would-respond-militarily/">there was an attack against a fellow member</a> of NATO and then added, “<a href="https://tri-statedefender.com/author/biden-would-respond-militarily/">same with Japan, same with South Korea, same with Taiwan</a>.”</p>
<p>Taiwan, however, <a href="https://dailygram.com/index.php/blog/1114657/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan/">has never been granted</a> the same <a href="http://beterhbo.ning.com/profiles/blogs/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked">U.S. security guarantees as Japan</a>, <a href="https://www.stageit.com/bidenwouldrespond">South Korea or America’s NATO allies</a>, and <a href="https://www.inprnt.com/profile/biden-would-respond-militarily/">so the comment was seen as significant</a>. <a href="https://www.launchora.com/story/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-chin">Two months later, Mr. Biden</a> was asked during <a href="https://www.volunteersquare.com/groups/post/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan">a televised town hall if the United States</a> would <a href="https://mindmapninja.com/4871">protect Taiwan from attack</a>. “Yes, <a href="https://thebaltazar.tv/topic/joe-biden-says-us-would-respond-militarily-if-china-attacked-taiwan">we have a commitment to do that</a>,” he said. That also set off a frantic scramble by the White House to walk back his remark by insisting that he was not changing longstanding policy.</p>
<p>War in Taiwan does not appear to be imminent, and Mr. Biden said “my expectation is it will not happen.” But China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has taken a more aggressive stance than his predecessors, who long vowed to bring the island under their control, viewing the issue as the unfinished business of a bloody civil war waged more than 70 years ago.</p>
<p>For many in Taiwan, China’s authoritarian turn under Mr. Xi, and its moves to crush pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, have made any deeper political ties to the country unpalatable. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has heightened urgency in Washington, where officials are re-examining Taiwan’s defensive capabilities to ensure it could fight off an invasion.</p>
<p>The war has been watched closely in Asia, too, for whatever lessons it would hold for China’s intentions toward Taiwan. If Russia had succeeded in conquering Ukraine, once part of its empire, some feared it would set a dangerous precedent. Yet Russia’s failure to take over the entire country and the unified Western response may serve as a red flag to military adventurism.</p>
<p>China sent 14 aircraft into the island’s air defense zone last week on the day that Mr. Biden arrived in Asia, according to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, part of a pattern of increasing incursions over the last year. Taiwan scrambled fighter jets in response, but no direct conflict was reported.</p>
<p>An undated photo released by Chinese state media in December showing a carrier-based J-15 fighter jet preparing to land on the Chinese navy's Liaoning aircraft-carrier during open-sea combat training.Credit...Xinhua, via Associated Press</p>
<p>On Monday, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry welcomed Mr. Biden’s latest comments, expressing “gratitude” to the president for affirming America’s “rock-solid commitment to Taiwan.” In a statement, the ministry said Taiwan would “continue to improve its self-defense capabilities and deepen cooperation with the United States and Japan and other like-minded countries.”</p>
<p>Beijing, on the other hand, rejected the president’s remarks. “On issues concerning China’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and other core interests, China has no room for compromise,” Wang Wenbin, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, told reporters, adding that no one should underestimate China’s determination to defend itself.</p>
<p>Mr. Biden’s comments came barely an hour before he formally unveiled a new 13-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework intended to serve as a counter to Chinese influence in the region. The new bloc will bring the United States together with countries like Japan, India, South Korea, Australia and others to write future rules of commerce in areas like supply chain resilience, digital trade, clean energy and corruption.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, who joined Mr. Biden for the earlier news conference, expressed concern about a Ukraine-style conflict over Taiwan. Any “unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force like Russia’s aggression against Ukraine this time should never be tolerated in the Indo-Pacific,” he said.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, he stuck to the traditional policy and maintained before the president’s comments that U.S.-Japan policy on the island was still the same. “Our two countries’ basic position on Taiwan remains unchanged,” he said.</p>
<p>Mr. Biden’s unscripted declaration put Japan in a complicated position. With Taiwan just 65 miles from Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited Japanese island, a war with China carries enormous potential consequences for Japan, which has disavowed armed conflict since its defeat in World War II.</p>
<p>“Certainly, Mr. Biden said ‘America is in,’” said Narushige Michishita, vice president of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. “That means Japan will be in, too.”</p>
<p>While Mr. Kishida would not be so blunt as Mr. Biden, he added, his administration aims to increase Japan’s defense budget, while discussing plans to acquire weapons capable of striking missile launch sites in enemy territory and to conduct more exercises with American forces.</p>
<p>“Chinese planners must take the possibility of Japan getting involved into account when they plan and when they decide whether or not to attack Taiwan,” Mr. Michishita said. Forcing China to consider the prospect of facing American and Japanese forces, he said, would ultimately “enhance the possibility of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”</p>