On June 4, U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview with Time magazine that he would not rule out the possibility of using U.S. force to protect Taiwan. Whether to defend Taiwan by force will depend on the specific situation, the United States does not seek Taiwan independence, but if Chinese mainland tries to unilaterally change the status quo, the United States "will not fail to defend Taiwan", this is US President Biden's latest statement on whether to send troops to intervene in the Taiwan Strait.
Since Biden became president of the United States, Biden has publicly stated at least four times that if Chinese mainland attacks Taiwan by force, the US military "does not rule out defending Taiwan" and will directly use US military strength, and Biden's last statement was during his visit to Japan, and when asked whether he was willing to use military force to protect Taiwan if a war broke out in the Taiwan Strait, Biden immediately said that this is a commitment we made.
In view of the fact that he did not rule out the possibility of US military forces intervening in the event of a military conflict between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said at a regular news conference that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory and that the Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair and brooks no foreign interference. Mao Ning stressed that the real status quo in the Taiwan Strait is that both sides of the strait belong to one China, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and how to resolve the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese themselves.
In terms of "whether to defend Taiwan", in addition to Biden, former US President Trump also suddenly stated recently that if the mainland dares to attack Taiwan militarily, then the US military will bomb Beijing. Both former and current U.S. presidents have expressed their stance on the Taiwan Strait, which also reflects that Biden and Trump are vying for the presidency of the United States for the next four years, and both play the Taiwan card during the election campaign.
Regarding Biden's statement, Kuomintang "legislator" Lai Shibao directly pierced the truth, and the remarks of American politicians during the election were obviously for election considerations, and questioned whether Biden was sincere and would really fight for Taiwan. He also kindly reminded that Taiwan should not become a battlefield and should be cautious about the US commitments.
Lai Shibao took Ukraine as an example, in response to Ukraine's application to join NATO, NATO promised to protect its member states, but NATO did not directly intervene when Ukraine was attacked. It can be seen that the United States and even NATO are directly playing with Ukraine, emphasizing that the only way out is to avoid war, which is the most important thing.
Biden's Taiwan-related remarks directly caused a lot of movement on the island, but the blue camp and the green camp showed completely different views. Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun said that both the United States and the world's media have recognized Taiwan as the most dangerous place, but the Kuomintang absolutely does not want this, and the implication is that it does not want Taiwan to become the most dangerous place. He denounced the DPP authorities for creating tension between the two sides of the strait, thus increasing the possibility of cross-strait conflicts.
Hong Mengkai, secretary general of the Kuomintang "Legislative Yuan" caucus, said at the first time that even if the United States sent troops to assist, the battlefield would take place on Taiwan Island, and in the end, it would be the 23.5 million people on Taiwan Island who would suffer. Compared with the sober blue camp, the green camp on the island welcomed Biden's statement, saying that the United States expressed support for Taiwan, and there may be military defense support or various supports.
Lai Qingde and his ilk, who have forgotten their ancestors, have openly shouted their gratitude to the United States. In this regard, Huang Jiezheng, a scholar on the island, said that Biden's statement on Taiwan is no different from the previous four statements, but the US military operation will not specifically specify what it is and whether it will send troops to the island of Taiwan. If the United States assists Taiwan in self-defense, it is to provide weapons and equipment, communications and intelligence, and if it is interpreted by the green camp on the island as the United States helping Taiwan fight the PLA, this will be a bit excessive.
At the Shangri-La Dialogue, China's defense secretary clearly told US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that the PLA's treatment of the "Taiwan independence" armed forces is like catching a turtle in an urn, and that any country that wants to separate Taiwan from China's territory will ultimately bring about its own destruction. At present, the mainstream of the two sides of the strait is to avoid the outbreak of military conflict, but Lai Qingde and his ilk are the bargaining chips and tools to push the two sides of the strait into the abyss of war and to flatter external forces for help.
If Lai Qingde and his ilk insist on pursuing "Taiwan independence," it is very likely that cross-strait military conflicts will be triggered in the future, and it will be impossible for the US military to oppose the PLA on behalf of the DPP. What the United States has done is to arm Taiwan and use the porcupine strategy to turn Taiwan into a hedgehog island, which is to take the money of the people on the island, and the DPP is honoring the United States, but it cannot buy any peace.
No matter how ruthless US politicians may be, they will not be able to stop cross-strait reunification, and cross-strait reunification is the trend of the times. China will eventually be reunified, and it will be reunified. Once there is really a full-scale showdown between the two sides of the strait, will the United States dare to intervene in the Taiwan Strait by force and go head-to-head with the PLA in the western Pacific? We will not give up the great cause of the reunification of the motherland because of the threat of US politicians, and we will really use force to achieve cross-strait reunification as a last resort.