Biden says the United States will come to Taiwan's defense

Baltimore: The White House later stated that there would be no change in policy towards the island, but the United States has promised to come to Taiwan's defense and defend China's claimed island as its own country, US President Joe Biden said. Said on Thursday. When asked at CNN's City Hall whether the United States would come to defend Taiwan, complaining of increasing military and political pressure from Beijing to accept China's sovereignty, Mr. Biden said, "Yes. I promise to do so. " Washington is required by law to provide Taiwan with a means of self-defense, but it has a…