China responds Strongly To Biden On Taiwan

 Last Monday, Beijing condemned the statements of US President, Joe Biden, who confirmed that his country would defend Taiwan in case of a Chinese invasion, considering them a "serious violation" of Washington's policy on the island.

"It is a serious violation of an important commitment made by the United States not to support Taiwan independence, and it sends a wrong and dangerous message to the active separatist forces for Taiwan independence," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters.

Biden's statements

Earlier, the US President stressed that his country would defend Taiwan, in the event of a Chinese military invasion, in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

When asked in an interview with "60 Minutes" on CBS whether US forces would defend the self-governing island claimed by China, Biden replied: "Yes, if there is an unprecedented attack in reality."

Warning China

Biden also touched on his warning to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, of the damage to the investment climate if Beijing violated Western sanctions imposed on Russia, due to its military attack on Ukraine.

Biden said he had told Xi that violating the sanctions would be a "fatal mistake", but stressed that "so far there is no indication that China actively supported Russia's war with weapons."

Biden said he delivered the warning in a phone call shortly after Xi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 4, in which the Chinese president expressed support for his Russian counterpart.

He explained: "So far, there is no indication that they (the Chinese) have provided weapons or other things that Russia wants."

The US president also rejected the idea that the Sino-Russian alliance effectively means the United States is leading a new kind of Cold War, and said, "I don't think it's a new, more complex Cold War."