US to Intervene "Militarily" if China Attacked Taiwan

Afghanistan, May 23 -- US President Joe Biden stated that the US military would engage to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.

When asked if he was willing to get engaged militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded, Biden, during a press conference in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida responded "yes". He continued, "That's the commitment we made."

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Biden stated that the responsibility to defend Taiwan has become "even stronger."

It was one of the most emphatic presidential statements in years in support of Taiwan.

The United States has typically avoided issuing such an explicit security commitment to Taiwan, with which it no longer has a mutual defense pact, instead opt...