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Controversy is growing within the US over President Biden's yesterday (23rd) remarks that the US could intervene militaryly if China attacks Taiwan.

Even President Biden and the US Secretary of Defense came forward to explain that US policy has not changed, but as the same remark is repeated three times, various interpretations are emerging as to the intention.



This is Washington correspondent Yunsu Kim.



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When President Biden's remarks suggesting US military intervention in the event of China's invasion of Taiwan became controversial, the US defense secretary took action.



There is no change in the US policy of acknowledging one China.



[Lloyd Austin/Secretary of Defense: The 'one China' policy of the United States has not changed.

President Biden emphasized our responsibility and policy for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.]



The day after President Biden's remarks, he also explained that the US policy in Taiwan, so-called 'strategic ambiguity', has not changed.



In 1979, the United States cut ties with Taiwan and established diplomatic ties with China, agreeing to the 'one China' principle, and also abolished the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan.



Still, it has maintained a strategically ambiguous position for over 40 years by selling weapons to Taiwan to support its defense capabilities.



But this is already the third time President Biden has hinted at direct military intervention in Taiwan, despite his policy of strategic ambiguity.



[Biden/President of the United States (October of last year): (If China invades, will the United States go to defend Taiwan?) Yes.

We have a responsibility to do so.]



While there are evaluations that President Biden's repeated remarks and explanations are political calculations to send a clear message to China, it is said that he only instigated a sense of crisis by unnecessarily stimulating China, which was already sensitive to the Quad Summit. Criticism is also mixed.



(Video coverage: Oh Jeong-sik, video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)



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