Joe Biden will defend Taiwan against Chinese attack

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“Yes”

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On the question of military support from the United States in the event of an attack on Taiwan by China, the American president was unambiguous on Monday in Tokyo.

to," replied Joe Biden.

Visiting Japan, he was to announce today a regional cooperation agreement with 12 heads of state;

but this one almost seemed anecdotal after such a far-reaching

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The United States has never been neutral in the latent conflict between mainland China and Taiwan, but it remains vague.

The Taiwan Relations Act, passed in 1979 by Congress, encourages, in vague terms, Washington to provide Taiwan with defensive weapons if it is attacked.

Already last October, Joe Biden had asserted that the United States would not allow a unilateral attack by China on Taiwan, but it was within the framework of a public meeting on American territory.

A posteriori, the president's advisers had denied...

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