{"id":91256,"date":"2021-10-22T13:14:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/22\/china-vows-no-concessions-on-taiwan-after-biden-comments-about-defending-island\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:20:26","slug":"china-vows-no-concessions-on-taiwan-after-biden-comments-about-defending-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/10\/22\/china-vows-no-concessions-on-taiwan-after-biden-comments-about-defending-island\/","title":{"rendered":"China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Biden comments about defending island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China on Friday said there is \u201cno room\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/04\/29\/china-says-us-increasing-military-activity-directed-at-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">compromise<\/a> or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by U.S. President Joe Biden that the U.S. is committed to defending the island if it is attacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin reasserted China\u2019s longstanding claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/10\/13\/china-amid-tensions-with-us-military-drills-flights-were-needed-to-defend-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">the island is its territory<\/a> at a daily briefing after Biden made his comment a day before at a forum hosted by CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has recently upped its threat to bring Taiwan under its control by force if necessary by flying warplanes near the island and rehearsing beach landings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen it comes to issues related to China\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity and other core interests, there is no room for China to compromise or make concessions, and no one should underestimate the strong determination, firm will and strong ability of the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTaiwan is an inalienable part of China\u2019s territory. The Taiwan issue is purely an internal affair of China that allows no foreign intervention,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden\u2019s comments on Thursday were viewed as stretching the \u201cstrategic ambiguity\u201d Washington has maintained over how it would respond to an assault on the self-governing island republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. should \u201cbe cautious with its words and actions on the Taiwan issue, and not send any wrong signals to the separatist forces of Taiwan independence, so as not to seriously damage China-U.S. relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/02\/what-war-with-china-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635774999538290744-mar-2015-dawn-blitz-5jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with China could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A host of scenarios could push China and the United States into some kind of conflict.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his comments, Biden said the U.S. did not want a new Cold War but expressed concern about whether China was \u201cgoing to engage in activities that will put them in a position where they may make a serious mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just want to make China understand that we are not going to step back, we are not going to change any of our views.\u201d Biden said. Asked whether the U.S. would come to Taiwan\u2019s defense if it were attacked, he replied: \u201cYes, we have a commitment to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked Friday whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan if the island were attacked by China, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a reporter he would not discuss hypothetical situations, but also said, \u201cNobody wants to see cross-Strait issues come to blows -\u2013 certainly not President Biden, and there\u2019s no reason that it should.\u201d Speaking in Brussels after a NATO defense ministers\u2019 meeting, Austin added that Washington remains committed to its longstanding \u201cone China\u201d policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Taipei, a spokesperson for independence-minded President Tsai Ing-wen said the U.S. has shown its support for Taiwan through concrete actions and the island\u2019s 23 million citizens would not surrender to pressure or act rashly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTaiwan will demonstrate our firm determination to defend ourselves and continue to work with countries with similar values to make a positive contribution toward the Taiwan Strait and Indo-Pacific region\u2019s peace and stability,\u201d spokesperson Chang Tun-han said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China and Taiwan split during a civil war in 1949. The U.S. cut formal diplomatic relations with Taipei in 1979 in order to recognize Beijing. The U.S. does not openly contest China\u2019s claim to Taiwan, but is committed by law to ensure the island can defend itself and to treat all threats toward it as matters of \u201cgrave concern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under President Xi Jinping, who is also Communist Party leader and head of the armed forces, China has been stepping up military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan. Over its National Day weekend at the beginning of the month, China sent a record 149 military aircraft southwest of Taiwan in strike group formations, prompting Taiwan to scramble aircraft and activate its air defense missile systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/10\/13\/combined-russian-and-chinese-military-power-will-approach-but-not-exceed-us-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP21225451333159.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Combined Russian and Chinese military power will approach, but not exceed US: report<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">On its current trajectory, U.S. planners should expect greater military cooperation on a global level between Beijing and Moscow.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has also recently held beach landing exercises on its side of the roughly 160-kilometer (100-mile) -wide Taiwan Strait that, like the aircraft incursions, it described as a warning to Tsai\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has reinforced its support for Taiwan with military sales. State Department spokesman Ned Price said this month that American support for Taiwan is \u201crock solid.\u201d The U.S. has \u201calso been very clear that we are committed to deepening our ties with Taiwan,\u201d Price said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Biden\u2019s pick for ambassador to Beijing, Nicholas Burns, told lawmakers considering his nomination that Americans should \u201chave confidence in our strength\u201d when dealing with the rise of China, a nation he said the U.S. and its allies could manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burns echoed the Biden administration\u2019s stand on cooperating with China where possible but condemning many of its actions, including its policies toward Taiwan and the semi-autonomous territory of Hong Kong, where it has virtually eliminated dissident voices through stiff legislation and arrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has recently upped its threat to bring Taiwan 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