President Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday that during a phone call, he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping committed to abiding by the “Taiwan agreement.” Biden made the statement following days of provocations from the Chinese regime, which has deployed dozens of warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense zone. “I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree. We will abide by the Taiwan agreement. That’s where we are and I made it clear that I don’t think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement,” Biden said. However, the two leaders might have different interpretations of what constitutes the “agreement.” For Biden, he appeared to be referring to Washington’s decades-long “one-China policy,” which asserts that there is only one sovereign state with the name “China.” In contrast, the Chinese regime stands by its own “one-China principle” under which Beijing asserts sovereignty over Taiwan. The Chinese regime has a …
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