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Speaking alongside Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, he added that the U.S. maintains a "one China policy," recognizing Beijing as the government of China, but said ...

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President Biden has now repeatedly indicated that the United States' duty to defend Taiwan from China might go further than long-standing U.S. policy has ...

“The president should not cede to Taiwan, much less to China, the ability automatically to draw us into a war across the Taiwan Strait.” It’s more and more difficult to believe it’s the latter, given that the matter has now come up repeatedly. The question to Biden on Monday wasn’t as explicit as “full force of the military.” But Biden has indeed made U.S. strategic ambiguity policy more ambiguous — whether deliberately or because he has not quite nailed down how he wants to talk about the issue. The most recent question, though, explicitly aimed at defending Taiwan “militarily.” The White House could perhaps argue that might mean providing Taiwan with military aid if it’s attacked. But despite Biden’s repeated assertions about a “commitment,” the United States in fact has no NATO-esque, mutual-defense agreement with Taiwan, which China still claims as its territory. “As the president said, our policy has not changed,” a White House official said. The administration’s argument seems to be that Biden is referring to that act, and not something that would require actual U.S. force. It is not an improvement.” And each time, the White House has sought to clarify that there is no official change. Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?BIDEN: Yes.Q: You are?BIDEN: That’s the commitment we made. Same with Japan, same with South Korea, same with — Taiwan. It’s not even comparable to talk about that. Q: You didn’t want to get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons.

En visite à Tokyo, le président américain affiche sa volonté de contrer les ambitions de Pékin et renforce les liens des Etats-Unis avec les pays alliés de ...

» Joe Biden a estimé que la Chine « flirtait déjà avec le danger », avec des manœuvres militaires à proximité de l’île, qu’elle considère comme une simple province indisciplinée. Joe Biden lui-même a réitéré, sur le fond, la ligne traditionnelle des Etats-Unis consistant à accepter l’idée d’une Chine unique. Arrivé dimanche au Japon après une première étape en Corée du Sud, Joe Biden a été interrogé sur Taïwan au cours d’une conférence de presse en compagnie du premier ministre, Fumio Kishida. Il a exprimé la volonté des Etats-Unis de défendre l’île en cas d’agression chinoise.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, rallying support on his first trip to Asia since taking office for ...

Kishida said he told Biden that Japan would consider various options to boost its defence capabilities, including the ability to retaliate. "It is a clear enough statement that the U.S. will not sit by if China attacks Taiwan." A reporter asked Biden if the United States would defend Taiwan if it were attacked. We've signed on to it and all the intended agreements made from there. China and Russia are permanent members. Biden made a similar comment in October, saying, "Yes, we have a commitment to do that," when asked if the United States would come to the defence of Taiwan. At that time, a White House spokesperson said Biden was not announcing any change in U.S. policy and one analyst referred to the comment as a "gaffe." Japan's role in any conflict over Taiwan would be to enable a U.S. operation and help the United States defend its assets, said Yoji Koda, a retired Maritime Self Defence Force admiral and former fleet commander. "We agree with a one-China policy. U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday in Tokyo that he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression. While Washington is required by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself, it has long followed a policy of "strategic ambiguity" on whether it would intervene militarily to protect Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. Biden says he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan Biden says U.S. willing to use force to defend Taiwan

Chinese foreign ministry balks at remarks U.S. President made in Tokyo, saying 'Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair'

“The policy of ambiguity worked extremely well as long as the U.S. was strong enough to maintain it, and as long as China was far inferior to the U.S. in military power. “He reiterated … our commitment to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” the statement said. “The U.S. policy of ambiguity toward Taiwan is now fostering instability in the Indo-Pacific region, by encouraging China to underestimate U.S. resolve, while making the government in Taipei unnecessarily anxious.” But in recent years, Mr. Biden has been less than ambiguous in his own statements on the matter. Last year, Japan included Taiwan in its annual defence review for the first time, and Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said “the peace and stability of Taiwan are directly connected to Japan.” “He also reiterated our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide Taiwan with the military means to defend itself.” A Chinese invasion of Taiwan could involve strikes against U.S. bases in Japan, as well as severe disruption to shipping and the economy in general across East Asia, hurting Japan even if it attempted to stay out of the conflict. In Tokyo, Mr. Biden accused China of “flirting with danger” by conducting repeated flybys near Taiwanese airspace and compared any potential military action against Taiwan to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Washington’s responsibility to act in defence of Taiwan was “a burden that’s even stronger” than any desire to assist Kyiv, Mr. Biden added. U.S. lawmakers later passed the Taiwan Relations Act, which commits the U.S. to supporting Taiwan’s “sufficient self-defence capability” and classifies any effort to determine the island’s future by force a “threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific” and a “grave concern to the United States.” Whether that extends to intervening militarily, however, has never been clearly defined – a position known as “strategic ambiguity.” The fear in the past was that committing to defending Taiwan could encourage the island to declare formal independence from China, which might prompt Beijing to invade. He warned that China “has no room for compromise” on the issue and that other parties should not “underestimate the strong resolve, determination and capability of the Chinese people in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.” The United States would intervene militarily to prevent a Chinese takeover of Taiwan, President Joe Biden said Monday in Tokyo, departing from Washington’s long-standing “strategic ambiguity” on the issue.

Le président américain Joe Biden a multiplié les mises en garde à Pékin, avertissant que les États-Unis défendraient Taïwan en cas d'invasion.

Lors de sa conférence de presse avec M. Kishida, M. Biden a également dévoilé un nouveau partenariat économique en Asie-Pacifique regroupant dans un premier temps 13 pays, à l’exception notable de la Chine. «Il ne s’agit pas seulement de l’Ukraine», a dit M. Biden. Car si «les sanctions n’étaient pas maintenues (...) quel signal cela enverrait-il à la Chine sur le coût d’une tentative de prise de Taïwan par la force?». Le président américain a visé la Russie, déclarant que Moscou devait «payer un prix à long terme» pour sa «barbarie en Ukraine» par le biais de sanctions imposées par les États-Unis et leurs alliés. Un responsable de la Maison-Blanche a cependant assuré que les commentaires de M. Biden étaient conformes à la politique américaine sur Taïwan. Pékin a rapidement répliqué en appelant le président américain à «ne pas sous-estimer» sa «ferme détermination» à «protéger sa souveraineté». Le président américain Joe Biden, en visite à Tokyo, a multiplié lundi les mises en garde à l’égard de Pékin, avertissant que les États-Unis défendraient Taïwan en cas d’invasion de l’île par la Chine qui, selon lui, «flirte avec le danger» en multipliant des manœuvres militaires.

Defending and preserving Taiwan's status has taken on a new strategic importance in the wake of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.

“The challenge posed by China to the security of the Taiwan Strait has drawn great concern in the international community,” said Ou. “Taiwan will continue to improve its self-defence capabilities, and deepen cooperation with the United States and Japan and other like-minded countries to jointly defend the security of the Taiwan Strait and the rules-based international order, while promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.” Biden said it is his “expectation” that China would not try to seize Taiwan by force, but he said that assessment “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 community.” Under the “one China” policy, the U.S. recognizes Beijing as the government of China and doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require the U.S. to step in militarily to defend Taiwan if China invades, but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status in Taiwan by Beijing. He added, “China will take firm action to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests, and we will do what we say.”

Lundi, Joe Biden a provoqué la colère de Pékin en réaffirmant, lors d'un voyage au Japon, qu'il défendrait Taïwan en cas d'invasion par la Chine, ...

"Quoiqu'il en soit, l'objectif de la Chine a toujours été clair : elle veut conquérir Taïwan", martèle encore Antoine Bondaz. "Et plus ses forces militaires augmentent, plus la menace d'une invasion de Taïwan grandit", poursuit-il. "Depuis un an environ, on a un changement de posture de la communauté internationale. "Elle joue un rôle très important pour réussir à dissuader la Chine d'utiliser la force", poursuit-il. "Elle doit lui faire comprendre que le coût – en termes humains, militaires mais aussi géopolitiques – est prohibitif." Première raison : si la Chine dispose d'une puissance militaire considérable, cela n'est pas encore suffisant pour s'assurer une victoire en cas d'offensive. "Les dépenses militaires de la Chine ont été multipliées environ par sept en une vingtaine d'années, ce qui lui a permis de se moderniser et de se renforcer", détaille Antoine Bondaz, chercheur spécialiste de la Chine à la Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS). Selon le ministère chinois de la Défense, le budget militaire atteignait un montant équivalent à 174 milliards de dollars en 2019. "Toute la stratégie visait à agir vite, pour obtenir une capitulation avant une intervention possible des États-Unis", explique Antoine Bondaz. "Bien sûr, rien ne dit qu'elle va le faire, mais elle en aurait les moyens." "Actuellement, Taïwan, sous la présidence de Tsaï ing-wen, a une politique très prudente vis-à-vis de Pékin", explique le sinologue. "Pour autant, à court terme, cette force reste trop limitée pour envisager sérieusement une invasion totale puis le contrôle de Taïwan". Mais c'est une hypothèse." Car si Taïwan est loin d'avoir la même force de frappe que Pékin, elle peut se targuer de quelques atouts. Ce dernier craint ainsi particulièrement l'année 2023 qui pourrait voir émerger une nouvelle escalade de tensions, avec l'horizon des élections législatives en janvier 2024.

Le président Joe Biden a déclaré que Washington défendrait Taïwan au cas où la Chine tenterait de s'en emparer.

La politique d’«une seule Chine» appliquée par les Etats-Unis concernant Taïwan «n’a pas changé», a de son côté affirmé lundi le ministre américain de la Défense Lloyd Austin. Le président américain a prévenu lundi à Tokyo que son pays défendrait militairement Taïwan en cas d’invasion, considérant que Pékin «flirte avec le danger». Les États-Unis «jouent avec le feu», a mis en garde lundi Pékin, à la suite de déclarations du président Joe Biden selon lesquelles Washington défendrait Taïwan au cas où la Chine tenterait de s’en emparer, a rapporté l’agence de presse officielle Chine Nouvelle.

Ces dernières heures, une nouvelle passe d'armes a eu lieu entre Pékin et le président américain Joe Biden, sur fond de craintes d'une invasion chinoise à ...

Ici, la volonté est de dissuader la Chine d’intervenir, en les avertissant qu’en cas d’invasion, le coût serait considérable pour le pays. Lors de la conférence de presse commune avec le Premier ministre japonais, Joe Biden a répondu à plusieurs questions touchant à Taïwan, indiquant notamment que les Etats-Unis étaient prêts à défendre militairement Taïwan en cas d’offensive chinoise. Et l’experte de voir la position chinoise davantage comme un choix idéologique : « L’acquisition de Taïwan revêt davantage une dimension idéologique, avec comme objectif principal le maintien du régime en place, considérant que la démocratie est une valeur occidentale. Seulement, dans les faits, Taïwan n’a jamais réellement appartenu à la Chine, parler de réunification est donc un leurre. Jusqu’à la fin du XIXe siècle, l’île était rattachée à la Chine, avant d’être cédée au Japon en 1895, à l’occasion de la signature du traité de Shimonoseki, actant notamment la fin de la guerre sino-japonaise. Après cette nouvelle passe d’armes, quelle est la situation actuelle à Taïwan ? On fait le point.

This is the third time US president Joe Biden has said the US is committed to defending Taiwan in case of an attack by China.

But since then, the US and Europe have imposed sweeping sanctions that have crippled Russia’s economy, while the US just approved a $40 billion emergency military and humanitarian aid package for Ukraine. Strictly speaking, strategic ambiguity is not about whether the United States would intervene should either side upset the present status quo by initiating a cross-strait conflict, as is commonly assumed. Biden’s comments come as China’s rhetoric about “reunification” with Taiwan has been more aggressive in recent years, while Chinese incursions into Taiwan’s air monitoring area have also increased. China has claimed the democratically governed island as its own territory since the Communist Party emerged victorious from the Chinese civil war in 1949. Speaking today from a venue far closer to China, standing alongside Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Biden was again decidedly unambiguous. It creates a type of “dual deterrence” in which both sides are deterred from endangering the status quo by the possibility of U.S. intervention while at the same time being assured that the other side will not unilaterally seek to change the status quo.

President's blunt response appears to undercut US 'strategic ambiguity' on Taiwan as White House forced to walk back remarks.

Valerie Biden Owens, his sister and longtime campaign manger, told the Guardian in a recent interview: “He doesn’t have gaffes. The struggles of the Russian military suggest that the Chinese military would not have cakewalk. Better to embrace it as new US stance, one that is fully consistent with one-China policy but that alters how US will go about implementing it.” A source told CNN that Biden meant providing weapons, not deploying boots on the ground. One possible meaning is that America has abandoned its long-held position of “strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan. But Biden may have delivered not so much strategic clarity as strategic confusion. He has also been pushing the envelope on Taiwan for some time.

President Biden raised eyebrows Monday by seeming to confirm that the United States would intervene militarily to protect Taiwan from Chinese attack.

Between his repeated allusions to a U.S. duty to defend Taiwan — Monday’s was the third such since August — and his staff’s repeated denials that the president’s words mean quite what they seem to mean, Beijing has new reasons to think long and hard before sending its armed forces across the Taiwan Strait. Yet the People’s Republic of China cannot quite accuse the United States of violating the understandings forged in Nixon’s time because, technically, it hasn’t. It would dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine. And so it’s a burden that is even stronger.” To the contrary, there might be a benefit. President Biden raised eyebrows Monday by seeming to confirm that the United States would intervene militarily to protect Taiwan from Chinese attack. There is no formal mutual defense treaty like the ones the United States has with South Korea and Japan. Mr. Biden did not so much end strategic ambiguity as modify it.

Le président Joe Biden a déclaré que Washington défendrait Taïwan si la Chine tentait de s'en emparer.

La Chine entend «réunifier» le territoire insulaire à «la mère patrie». Elle n’a pas renoncé à utiliser la force armée, notamment si l’indépendance est officiellement proclamée par les autorités taïwanaises. La politique d’«une seule Chine» appliquée par les États-Unis concernant Taïwan «n’a pas changé», a de son côté affirmé lundi le ministre américain de la Défense, Lloyd Austin. Les États-Unis «jouent avec le feu», a mis en garde lundi Pékin, à la suite de déclarations du président Joe Biden selon lesquelles Washington défendrait Taïwan si la Chine tentait de s’en emparer, a rapporté l’agence de presse officielle Chine Nouvelle.

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden is seeking to show US resolve against China, yet an ill-timed gaffe on Taiwan risks undermining his bid to curb Beijing's ...

White House officials said after Biden’s news conference that the president stands behind the “One China” policy and its commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide the island with the military means to defend itself. And Trump publicly mused before taking office about abandoning the “One China” policy, only to restate the US position in February 2017. While Biden’s intent may have been to deter a Chinese attack on Taiwan, “his messaging is confusing and may undermine deterrence,” Glaser added. It’s a complicated policy, criticized both by Beijing and some US lawmakers, that has tripped up Biden and some of his predecessors in the past. Although the latest episode is unlikely to fundamentally alter the US-China relationship, it highlights the current tension around Taiwan at a time when Chinese officials have expressed concern about American efforts to box in their country. That would be akin to what the US is doing in Ukraine, where Biden has vowed not to send troops.

Veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger says Washington and Beijing must seek to avoid putting Taiwan at the center of their tense diplomatic relationship.

This included orchestrating U.S. relations with China. "It is important for the overall peace of the world for the United States and China to mitigate their adversarial relationship," he added. "For the core of the negotiations, it is important that the United States and China discuss principles that affect the adversarial relationship that permits at least some scope for cooperative efforts," Kissinger said. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in a rare springtime version of Davos, Kissinger said: "The United States should not by subterfuge or by a gradual process develop something of a 'two-China' solution, but that China will continue to exercise the patience that has been exercised up until now." "A direct confrontation should be avoided and Taiwan cannot be the core of the negotiations because it is between China and the United States." - Speaking at the World Economic Forum in a rare springtime version of Davos, Kissinger said: "The United States should not by subterfuge or by a gradual process develop something of a 'two-China' solution, but that China will continue to exercise the patience that has been exercised up until now."

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to ...

Tensions between Beijing and Taipei are at the highest they've been in recent decades, with the Chinese military sending record numbers of war planes near the island. "As the President said, our policy has not changed. The US provides Taiwan defensive weapons, but has remained intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack. "We agree with the One China policy. "That's the commitment we made." Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?"

Chinese state news agency cites official as saying Washington is using the 'Taiwan card' to contain Beijing.

“As the president said, our ‘One China’ policy has not changed. “But the idea that it can be just taken by force is just not appropriate.” Despite not having official diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the US describes the island as a “partner”. It also sells weapons to Taiwan and has strong trade relations with the island.

TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, declaring the commitment to protect t...

It’s not the first time Biden has pledged to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack, followed by administration officials contending there had been no change to American policy. Taiwan isn’t the only foreign policy issue on which the White House has clarified or walked back Biden’s comments. “China has no room for compromise or concessions on issues involving China’s core interests such as sovereignty and territorial integrity.” The U.S. traditionally has avoided making such an explicit security guarantee to Taiwan, with which it no longer has a mutual defense treaty, instead maintaining a policy of “strategic ambiguity“ about how far it would be willing to go. So, again, our policy is not changed.“ “That’s the commitment we made,” he added. In a CNN town hall in October, Biden was asked about using the U.S. military to defend Taiwan and replied, “Yes, we have a commitment to do that.“ “The challenge posed by China to the security of the Taiwan Strait has drawn great concern in the international community,” said Ou. “Taiwan will continue to improve its self-defense capabilities, and deepen cooperation with the United States and Japan and other like-minded countries to jointly defend the security of the Taiwan Strait and the rules-based international order, while promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.” Biden said it was his “expectation” that China would not try to seize Taiwan by force, but he also said that “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 community.“ “As the president said our One China policy has not changed,” Austin said at the Pentagon. “He reiterated that policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. He also highlighted our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to help provide Taiwan the means to defend itself. A White House official said Biden’s comments did not reflect a policy shift for the United States, a point echoed more firmly by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, asked by reporters if Biden’s answer indicated the U.S. would do more to help Taiwan than it has done to help Ukraine and whether the U.S. was making a commitment to send troops to help Taiwan in the event of an invasion. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require the U.S. to step in militarily if China invades, but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status by Beijing.

President Joe Biden attends an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity launch event in Tokyo on May 23. Photo: JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS. Your ...

You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. But the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not—it’s just not appropriate. The arguably much bigger mistake is his decision not to include Taiwan in the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that the Administration launched on Monday.

Photo illustration: Joe Biden sitting with folded hands between two red strips with overlapping yellow. President Joe Biden turned heads on Monday when he ...

That’s because Biden responded affirmatively to a question about whether the U.S. would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan in contrast to the U.S. declining to do so in Ukraine. He also did not qualify his statement, or hedge in any way. After Bush said in 2001 that he would do “whatever it took” to defend Taiwan from China, then-senator Biden penned a critical op-ed in The Washington Post. “As a matter of diplomacy, there is a huge difference between reserving the right to use force and obligating ourselves, a priori, to come to the defense of Taiwan,” he wrote. Biden weakens the gravity of his words if his remarks are constantly being mopped up and it’s evident that he isn’t able to stay on message. The Biden administration has actually done this whole dance at least twice before on Taiwan, each time the president seeming to stake out a new, more bellicose position, and his staff doing clean-up after. Biden is marring the credibility of his own speech, and potentially unwittingly causing the U.S.’s opponents to come to the conclusion that the U.S. is more inclined toward war than it is. Being careful and consistent with language is an important part of achieving that goal. And worst of all, countries like Russia and China may perceive Biden as more of a saber-rattler than he intends to be, and in turn consider or pivot toward more confrontational policy regimes against the U.S. than they would have otherwise. That is in fact not the commitment the U.S. has made. Shortly after his remarks, a White House official told NBC News “our policy has not changed,” which is tantamount to a walkback. “You didn’t want to get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons,” a reporter asked. He could accidentally impose pressure on himself to have his policy conform to his toughest off-the-cuff rhetoric in order to save face. He’s traveled to Taiwan, passed legislation that set in motion decades-long policy on the U.S. relationship with Taiwan, and he even once chided George W. Bush for doing … exactly what he just did himself.

The president's “strategic ambiguity” backtrack may hasten Taiwan Strait conflict, observers say. President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in ...

Biden’s messaging on Taiwan constitutes a direct challenge to Xi’s repeated warnings that the U.S. avoid upsetting the bilateral status quo on Taiwan. “Such moves are extremely dangerous, just like playing with fire. “A question that must be on everyone’s mind in Beijing is whether the U.S. has already changed its [Taiwan] policy. “There are two dangers — Mr. Biden’s verbal blunders represent real policy, which I think the Chinese believe they do … and then we face the 2024 presidential election with a strong possibility of an even harder line by Republican candidates. Despite the risks, there is strong bipartisan support for an explicit U.S. commitment to defend Taiwan regardless of whether the U.S. could actually deliver on that promise. The Chinese government has reason to be skeptical about White House assurances that Biden’s repeated backtracking on strategic ambiguity don’t reflect U.S. policy. Biden’s Taiwan comments came during the second half of his four-day Asia trip designed to counter China’s growing economic, diplomatic and military influence in the region. China’s sensitivities about the U.S. relationship with Taiwan were primed last week when U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met with John Deng, Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator, to discuss bilateral trade opportunities. This force needs to be available shortly after the United States decides to react if the response is to be in any way effective,” the report said. He reiterated our One China Policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” a White House official said Monday in a statement. Taiwan says it doesn’t need the U.S. to fight its battles. “He also reiterated our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide Taiwan with the military means to defend itself.” He might feel pushed into a corner by a U.S. direct challenge to Beijing’s claim to sovereignty over Taiwan.”

Washington (AFP) - En prévenant la Chine que les Etats-Unis voleraient au secours de Taïwan en cas d'invasion, Joe Biden a accentué plus qu'il n'a levé la ...

Depuis la fin de la guerre civile chinoise en 1949, l'île peuplée de 24 millions d'habitants est dirigée par un régime rival de celui, communiste, qui gouverne la Chine continentale. Les Etats-Unis, depuis 1979, ne reconnaissent diplomatiquement que la Chine continentale. Avec ses propos, Joe Biden a souligné un fort contraste vis-à-vis de son approche de la guerre en Ukraine, marquée par un refus répété, pour le coup dénué d'ambiguïté, de tout envoi de troupes américaines.

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But the most important steps that Taipei and Washington can take are those that persuade China never to exercise its military option — something Biden couldn’t convince Putin of. That said, Taiwan is a fraction of the landmass of Ukraine and thus easy for China to blanket with surveillance. On balance, the intervention of U.S. air and sea power could only give Taiwan a fighting chance. By contrast, Taipei should deprioritize the construction of expensive surface warships they are now building that can potentially be lost quite rapidly, as happened to Ukraine’s few ships. Geographically, because Taiwan is an island, it’s only threatened from invasion by the smaller number of troops China can land there by sea and air. Taiwan’s people and military, therefore, need to be robust enough to withstand initial assaults and hold out for weeks before the U.S. and allies could respond with full force. Right now, Beijing is watching the U.S. and its Western allies impose crushing economic sanctions on Russia, causing massive inflation and a projected 15 percent contraction of its economy. On ground and in the air, the unexpected resilience of Ukraine’s surface-to-air defenses and planes despite Russia’s much larger air force also suggests Taiwan’s might do better than expected if it smartly prioritizes long-term survival. So if the U.S. follows through on promising to intervene, can Taiwan’s defenders stave off an attack long enough for U.S. reinforcements to arrive? The U.S., too, should be assessing which of its methods in Ukraine could help Taiwan — and which wouldn’t — if Biden looks to make good on his words Monday. Taiwan is now a prosperous democracy, and a large majority of Taiwanese reject reunification with China. Biden’s remarks went beyond Washington’s historically more ambiguous stance on whether it would defend Taiwan in the case of an invasion.

Washington - En prévenant la Chine que les Etats-Unis voleraient au secours de Taïwan en cas d'invasion, Joe Biden a accentué plus qu'il n'a levé la fameuse ...

Depuis la fin de la guerre civile chinoise en 1949, l'île peuplée de 24 millions d'habitants est dirigée par un régime rival de celui, communiste, qui gouverne la Chine continentale. Les Etats-Unis, depuis 1979, ne reconnaissent diplomatiquement que la Chine continentale. Cette doctrine dans laquelle chaque mot compte est connue sous le nom d'"ambiguïté stratégique". Un concept depuis recyclé à sa manière par l'opposition républicaine aux Etats-Unis, qui réclame au contraire de la "clarté stratégique", en clair une promesse explicite de défense de Taïwan face à une Chine toujours plus puissante et ambitieuse.

Over the course of just nine months, President Biden has said at least three times that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan in the event of an ...

And Taiwanese officials had been calling on Biden to do away with ambiguity: In an interview with the Today’s WorldView newsletter in 2020, Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the United States called for “some degree of clarity” on the issue. On Monday, a White House official told reporters that people were misinterpreting Biden’s comments and that he was simply reiterating the 1979 pledge made to support Taiwan with the military means for self-defense. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which set out provisions for unofficial but substantive relations with Taiwan, does not call for the United States to protect Taiwan in the case of a war. It’s still a policy built on ambiguity, just with a little more strategy to back it up. Some China-watchers say that, at this point, it’s best to just assume that Biden is signaling a new policy. Here, the United States has acknowledged Beijing’s position that there is only one China but it has also said that Taiwan’s fate should not be decided by force. Lev Nachman, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, wrote on Twitter that while Biden’s language was clumsy, it wasn’t a reversal of any policy. During his visit to Tokyo on Monday, for example, Biden was asked whether the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if China invaded. But his comments have now been repeated enough that many do not buy that it’s just a mistake. “We made a sacred commitment to Article 5 that if in fact anyone were to invade or take action against our NATO allies, we would respond. Though administration officials have thrice walked back these statements, amid heightened tensions with Beijing, it’s reasonable to wonder if the ambiguity is starting to wear a little thin. And Biden’s remarks about U.S. agreements with Taiwan often appear to be factually incorrect.

Le président américain Joe Biden a confirmé mardi à Tokyo que «l'ambiguïté stratégique» de Washington sur Taïwan restait inchangée.

Taïwan, un territoire dirigé depuis la fin de la guerre civile chinoise en 1949 par un gouvernement autonome de Pékin, avait salué lundi l’apparente extension de l’engagement américain à son égard formulée par M. Biden, tandis que la Chine avait vu rouge, invoquant sa «souveraineté» et accusant Washington de «jouer avec le feu». «C’est l’engagement que nous avons pris», avait déclaré lundi M. Biden à Tokyo quand la presse lui avait demandé si les États-Unis interviendraient militairement en cas d’invasion de Taïwan, à la différence de celle de l’Ukraine par la Russie. Le président américain Joe Biden a confirmé mardi à Tokyo que «l’ambiguïté stratégique» de Washington sur Taïwan restait inchangée, alors qu’il avait assuré la veille que les États-Unis défendraient militairement l’île si elle était attaquée par la Chine.

En prévenant la Chine que les Etats-Unis voleraient au secours de Taïwan en cas d'invasion, Joe Biden a accentué plus qu'il n'a levé la fameuse "ambiguïté" ...

Depuis la fin de la guerre civile chinoise en 1949, l'île peuplée de 24 millions d'habitants est dirigée par un régime rival de celui, communiste, qui gouverne la Chine continentale. Les Etats-Unis, depuis 1979, ne reconnaissent diplomatiquement que la Chine continentale. Avec ses propos, Joe Biden a souligné un fort contraste vis-à-vis de son approche de la guerre en Ukraine, marquée par un refus répété, pour le coup dénué d'ambiguïté, de tout envoi de troupes américaines.

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Avec une sous-question : « Aurez-vous les moyens et la détermination de ce que vous avancez, si jamais… » Ajoutant : « L’idée que Taiwan puisse être prise par la force n’est pas appropriée. […] et conduirait à la dislocation d’une région entière […] comme en Ukraine. » La parole présidentielle ne vaut pas un traité… mais lorsqu’elle est réitérée de cette manière, ça finit par vous engager.

Shortly after dawn on a southern Taiwanese beach, Robin Hsu's iPhone pings with the first radio message of the day from Taiwan's air force as it warns away ...

"I am operating with due regard to the rights and duties of all states." But the reality is Chinese Communist planes are flying on our doorstep every day," he said. But for Taiwan, such incursions amount to a low-key war of attrition, as the island frequently scrambles aircraft to intercept Chinese planes. "People need to be aware of the crisis." "All you can do is to wave them away." The action ebbs and flows. "This is China's People's Liberation Army. I'm conducting routine exercises. "You have entered our southwestern air defence identification zone and are jeopardising aviation safety. Turn around and leave immediately." "The Chinese Communist planes are like flies on your dining table. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The big blunder is not including the island democracy in the new Indo-Pacific economic framework.

You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. But the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not—it’s just not appropriate. The arguably much bigger mistake is his decision not to include Taiwan in the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that the Administration launched on Monday.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday there has been no change to U.S. policy on Taiwan, a day after saying he would be willing to use the military to defend it ...

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The big blunder is not including the island democracy in the new Indo-Pacific economic framework.

You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. But the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not—it’s just not appropriate. The arguably much bigger mistake is his decision not to include Taiwan in the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that the Administration launched on Monday.

Le président américain Joe Biden a provoqué la colère de Pékin en affirmant lundi que les États-Unis défendraient militairement Taïwan en cas d'invasion par ...

Aux États-Unis, le « Bureau de représentation économique et culturel de Taipei » est également une ambassade qui ne dit pas son nom. Taïwan lève l’état d’urgence en 1991, mettant fin de facto à l’état de guerre avec la « rébellion communiste », donc avec Pékin. S’amorce alors un lent rapprochement. Taïwan, dont le nom officiel reste « République de Chine », est soumise jusqu’en 1987 à la loi martiale. Taipei a accusé Pékin de pratiquer « l’intimidation » lundi, après que l’assemblée annuelle de l’OMS a refusé de débattre d’une éventuelle admission de Taïwan comme observateur, à la suite de pressions de Pékin et malgré le soutien de plusieurs pays. En application de ce qu’on appelle la « politique d’une seule Chine », Washington reconnaît officiellement un seul gouvernement chinois, celui de Pékin. Mais, en même temps, se garde d’approuver la position de Pékin selon laquelle Taïwan est une partie inaliénable de la Chine unique qui sera réunifiée un jour. Dans le même temps, les États-Unis continuent à apporter un soutien décisif à Taipei. En vertu d’une loi adoptée par le Congrès, Washington est tenu de vendre des armes à Taïwan pour que l’île puisse assurer sa défense face à la puissante Armée populaire de libération de l’autre côté du détroit de Formose.

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But on the streets of Taipei, the mood appears to be mostly relaxed and confident. But tensions began to ease in the late 1980s, allowing limited private visits, indirect trade and investment across the strait. Military conflicts continued to flare up, with the PRC shelling several outlying islands controlled by the ROC on two separate occasions. And under Xi, China has become increasingly assertive in foreign policy and grown more authoritarian at home. At the same time, it's aimed at depriving Taiwan of US assurances that could prompt it to declare official independence. "My expectation is it will not happen," he told reporters. The goal is to preserve the status quo and to avoid a war in Asia -- and it has worked, allowing Washington to walk the tightrope of relations with both sides. It was then ceded to Japan in 1895 after Imperial China lost the First Sino-Japanese War. But under Biden, that "strategic ambiguity" has become somewhat less ambiguous. But today, relations are at their lowest point in decades -- raising fears of military escalation, even as experts caution that an imminent all-out war remains unlikely. Tensions are running especially high as the Chinese military ramps up its pressure on the island, in response to what Beijing sees as "provocations" by the administrations in Taiwan and the US. But following a diplomatic conflict between Beijing and Moscow in the 1960s -- known as the Sino-Soviet split -- relations between the PRC and the US began to thaw to counterbalance the Soviet Union.

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Après avoir utilisé dans un discours le terme de « génocide » pour décrire la situation en Ukraine, Joe Biden avait tenu à enfoncer le clou ensuite. » La Maison-Blanche avait alors, en toute hâte, fait circuler une déclaration assurant que les Etats-Unis n’appelaient pas à un changement de régime. « La politique n’a pas changé du tout », a ensuite dit lui-même Joe Biden mardi.

Le président américain Joe Biden a confirmé mardi à Tokyo que «l'ambiguïté stratégique» de Washington sur Taïwan restait inchangée.

Taïwan, un territoire dirigé depuis la fin de la guerre civile chinoise en 1949 par un gouvernement autonome de Pékin, avait salué lundi l’apparente extension de l’engagement américain à son égard formulée par M. Biden, tandis que la Chine avait vu rouge, invoquant sa «souveraineté» et accusant Washington de «jouer avec le feu». «C’est l’engagement que nous avons pris», avait déclaré lundi M. Biden à Tokyo quand la presse lui avait demandé si les États-Unis interviendraient militairement en cas d’invasion de Taïwan, à la différence de celle de l’Ukraine par la Russie. Le président américain Joe Biden a confirmé mardi à Tokyo que «l’ambiguïté stratégique» de Washington sur Taïwan restait inchangée, alors qu’il avait assuré la veille que les États-Unis défendraient militairement l’île si elle était attaquée par la Chine.