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What has happened?
- President Joe Biden vowed Monday that US forces would defend Taiwan militarily,
- If China attempted to take control of the self-ruled island by force, warning Beijing was already “flirting with danger”.
significance
- The remarks, made in Tokyo where he is meeting with Japan’s prime minister ahead of a summit Tuesday, were Biden’s strongest to date on the issue and
- Come with rising tensions in the region over China’s growing economic and military power.
- Washington and allies like Japan have framed their tough response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a warning to others, particularly China, about the consequences of unilateral military action.
- Biden hammered that message home after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in which the pair agreed to monitor Chinese naval activity and joint Chinese-Russia exercises.
One china policy
- Asked if Washington was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan, Biden replied simply: “Yes.“
- “That’s the commitment we made,” he added.
- “We agreed with the One China policy, we signed on to it… but the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate, it would dislocate the entire region and would be another action similar to Ukraine,” Biden said.
- He warned Beijing was already “flirting with danger right now by flying so close and all the manoeuvres undertaken“,
- In reference to a growing number of Chinese sorties, naval exercises and construction in the region, viewed as a projection of its growing power.
No change in policy
- A White House official said after Biden’s remarks that they did not constitute a divergence from Washington’s “One China” policy and Its commitment to “provide Taiwan with the military means to defend itself”.
- Beijing on Monday said it was ready to defend its national interests over Taiwan, in a rebuke to US President Joe Biden’s vow to protect the island from any invasion by China.
- China’s Communist Party has never controlled self-ruled Taiwan but it views the island as part of its territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if needed.
- A leaked audio clip, released by a human rights activist, born in China, has claimed that China may be contemplating attack on Taiwan.
- China’s top military general can be heard making his strategy regarding war in Taiwan.
- The audio clip released by the human rights activist is of 57 minutes.
- In the audio clip China’s top war general is discussing how to wage war in Taiwan and how to take it forward.
- China’s military People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is heard mentioning the plan of ground attack.
- A strategy has been made for cyber attack and use of weapons present in space.
- Apart from this, there is also talk of activating the citizens that China has kept in governments and institutions around the world.
But who leaked the tape?
- It is being claimed that this meeting took place on May 14.
- Its audio was first leaked by Lude Media. Lude Media says that this audio was leaked by a senior CPC official, who wanted to expose President Xi Jinping’s intentions regarding Taiwan.
Q) Recently, in which country, union cabinet approved the proposal to open first full-fledged embassy of India in the Baltic region?
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- None of the above
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