Biden: US would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan

US President Joe Biden attends a press conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP)

President Joe Biden has said the US would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, saying the burden to protect Taiwan is “even stronger” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of self-governing in decades.