Biden hasn't changed U.S. policy on Taiwan, Jake Sullivan says
U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan watches as President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21, 2023. | Susan Walsh/AP PhotoPresident Joe Biden’s national security adviser said Sunday that the president has not changed U.S. policy toward the China-Taiwan situation though he has repeatedly said the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China invaded.
In 1949, the United States recognized Taiwan after nationalist leaders fled there in the wake of Mao Zedong’s military victory on the mainland. Former President Richard M. Nixon visited the People’s Republic of China in 1972, the first official U.S. acknowledgment that communists actually governed the mainland. In 1979, the U.S. recognized the People’s Republic of China and specified that it was the sole legitimate government of China, a One China policy that has remained in effect ever since.
But Biden has repeatedly stated that the U.S. would indeed defend Taiwan by military force if China were to invade the island, which it has always claimed to be part of its territory. “Yes, if in fact, there was an unprecedented attack,” Biden said in September 2022 told interviewer Scott Pelley on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
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