US Reassures Commitment to Taiwan After Biden Reveals Sino-US Consensus

Read MoreWashington reassured Taipei that its stance on the island has not changed, one day after President Joe Biden revealed that China had agreed to abide by the “Taiwan agreement,” the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said on Oct. 6. The ministry’s spokeswoman Joanne Ou said on Wednesday that the ministry had reached out to the United States and it will continue to assist Taiwan in maintaining adequate self-defense capabilities. Ou also thanked President Joe Biden for what she called a “rock solid” commitment–in both words and deeds. “We have also seen that the Biden administration has been seriously concerned about China’s provocative actions on various public occasions over the past few days,” she said. Biden said on Oct. 5 that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will both comply with the agreement on Taiwan, a consensus reached during a 90-minute phone call last month. The president appeared to be referring to the longstanding “one-China …