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The president then said U.S. "policy towards Taiwan has not changed at all," stressing his government's commitment to "the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and ensuring that there's no unilateral change to the status quo."


Mr. Biden said it was his "expectation" that China would not try to seize control of Taiwan by force, but he added that "a lot of it depends upon just how strong the world makes clear that that kind of action is going to result in long term disapprobation by the rest of the [international] community."

The president said Beijing was "flirting with danger" with recent military flights close to Taiwan.

Beijing was quick to respond, with Foreign Ministry spokesman buy phone number list Wang Wenbin warning: "No one should underestimate the firm resolve, staunch will and strong ability of the Chinese people in defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity," according to French news agency AFP.

It was the second time within a year that Mr. his administration's stance on the long-held, unofficial U.S. government policy of "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan. In October 2021, after being asked during a CNN Town Hall in Maryland whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan in the face of an attack by China, he said: "Yes, we have a commitment."

Soon after he made the remarks the White House released a statement insisting, as Mr. Biden did after his comments in Tokyo on Monday, that there had been no change in official U.S. policy on Taiwan.

Japanese PM Kishida meets U.S. President Biden, in Tokyo
President Biden speaking during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after their meeting at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on.