Commentary
The Chinese regime recently claimed sovereign rights on the entire Taiwan Strait, adding that U.S. warships sailing through it were partaking in provocative behavior. Beijing’s new move might have put the U.S. government in a more difficult position to continue its “One China” policy.
On May 23, U.S. President Joe Biden commented during a visit to Japan, that if China invades Taiwan, the United States will intervene militarily. But later during a White House press briefing, a spokesperson clarified that the U.S. “One China” policy had not changed.
Many pundits came to the conclusion that Biden again made an error, but few realized his statement was not a contradiction of the “One China” policy. The deviation from Biden to the White House spokesperson was only a difference between two sides of the same coin….