Assessing Biden's Approach to China: Insights from Top Officials and Critics

US President Joe Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, said that the US policy towards China and Taiwan has not changed, despite Biden's repeated statements that the US would defend Taiwan if China invaded. Sullivan explained that the One China policy is built on a series of internal tensions and is about managing those tensions effectively to ensure peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. He suggested that Biden's statements have been consistent with existing American policy, and that the One China policy should continue to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait for decades to come. Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have been higher in recent months, with China defending sailing a warship near an American destroyer and Canadian frigate in those waters.