Taiwan President: I trust the US will protect us if China tries to invade us
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said she was confident the United States would protect the island if China tried to invade it.
And Bloomberg News Agency considered that this comment risks angering Beijing at a time when the clash with Washington continues.
"I believe in the long-term relationship that we have with the United States and in the support of the people of the United States as well as Congress," Tsai said in an interview with CNN.
She added that "the threat from China is increasing every day" and confirmed the presence of US forces in Taiwan, although she said that "there is not the number that some believe."
Pentagon records show that forces on the self-governing island, which Beijing considers a breakaway province that should be under its control, rose to 32 this year from 10 in 2018, CNN reported.
Taiwan has become a flashpoint in already strained US-China relations, with President Joe Biden facing growing calls to make clear the US commitment to the island's defense as Chinese President Xi Jinping ramps up diplomatic, economic and military pressure on its democratically elected government.
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