Biden tells 60 Minutes U.S. troops would
defend Taiwan, but White House says this
is not official U.S. policy
Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/18/2022 10:34:19 PM
Last Thursday, the same day 60 Minutes spoke to President Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin met with China's leader, Xi Jinping. There's concern that Russia's war in Ukraine could inspire China to attack the island of Taiwan. U.S. policy since 1979 has been to recognize Taiwan as part of China, but remain silent on whether the U.S. military would defend the democratic government there. 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley asked Mr. Biden about that. "What should Chinese President Xi know about your commitment to Taiwan?" Pelley asked the president. "We agree with what we signed onto a long time ago," the president said. "And that there's one China policy, and Taiwan
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