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2021-11-17 05:20:03
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Speaking at a press conference in Woodstock, New Hampshire on Tuesday, Biden stated that "it (Taiwan) is independent...it makes its own decisions."
President made clear Tuesday evening he was not encouraging Taiwan's "independence" after using the word an hour earlier to describe the progress he made during a discussion of the island with his Chinese counterpart Monday evening.
"I said that they have to decide -- Taiwan, not us. We are not encouraging independence," Biden said on an airport tarmac in New Hampshire, where he was promoting his recently signed infrastructure law.
“We’re encouraging that they do exactly what the Taiwan Act requires,” he went on, referring to the 1979 regulation dictating the American method to the island. “That’s what we’re doing. Let them make up their mind. Period.”
Explaining his place earlier while greeting attendees following his infrastructure speech, Biden stated he had made restricted progress on the subject with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“We made very clear we support the Taiwan Act, and that’s it,” he stated, shaking palms close to a rickety iron bridge in sore want of restore.
A day after the much-awaited virtual summit between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping concluded, the former clarified his position on the Taiwan issue. Giving an obvious impression of hardening support for the island continent amid China's claims of sovereignty over its territory, Biden asserted that Washington is "not going to change its Taiwan policy." Speaking at a press conference in Woodstock, New Hampshire on Tuesday, Biden stated that "it (Taiwan) is independent...it makes its own decisions."
The assertions by the US President come a day after both Biden and Jinping stood at crossroads on the Taiwan issue, with the latter warning the US of "playing with fire". The three-hour-long meeting also saw both the leaders locking horns over Beijing's "resolute measures" against the separatist forces for 'Taiwan's independence’.
On Monday, Jinping implied that the US must maintain non-interference in Beijing's domestic affairs, involving matters of Taiwan, in a diplomatically drafted statement. "We should each run our domestic affairs well and... shoulder our share of international responsibilities..." he had said. To which, Biden retorted by stating that the US is always going to stand up for "our interests and values and those of our allies and partners." In the overarching 'in-depth and constructive' meeting the Chinese President also described the tensions as an opportunity used by Taiwanese to look for US support as well as Americans to use the issue to "contain" China.
For the unversed, tensions between China and Taiwan have gained momentum since 1 October after the former flew over 100 fighter jets into Taiwan's Air Defence zone. This was followed by the latter's dependence on the US for military support. Meanwhile, self-ruled Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has repeatedly expressed willingness to remain independent against the Chinese goal of 'reunification.' On the other hand, the US and China have remained geopolitical rivals for decades and relations between them have further frayed due to Beijing's aggressive claims of sovereignty along the South China Sea fuelled by Chinese engagement in testing high-tech projectiles.
The numerous explanations of his method to the difficulty underscored the fraught place Taiwan now holds within the deteriorating relationship between Washington and Beijing. Tensions have been working excessively as China will increase its army posturing and warplane flights across the self-ruled island.
It was just a few months in the past, nonetheless, that Biden was adamant he didn’t regard Xi on these phrases: “Let’s get something straight. We know each other well; we’re not old friends. It’s just pure business,” Biden stated in June. The method is typically termed “strategic ambiguity,” and has prompted previous trip-ups for each Biden and his presidential predecessors.
On Tuesday, the White House stated it could not converse for Xi’s motives in describing Biden the best way he did. “But he does not,” deputy press secretary Andrew Bates informed reporters aboard Air Force One, “consider President Xi an old friend.”
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