{"id":106197,"date":"2021-10-22T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106197"},"modified":"2021-10-22T06:36:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:36:41","slug":"ap-china-vows-no-concessions-on-taiwan-after-biden-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106197","title":{"rendered":"(AP) China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Joe Biden comments that he would defend it if attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China on Friday said there is \u201cno room\u201d for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by U.S. President Joe Biden that the U.S. is committed to defending the island if it is attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin reasserted China\u2019s longstanding claim that the island is its territory at a daily briefing after Biden made his comment a day before at a forum hosted by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>China has recently upped its threat to bring Taiwan under its control by force if necessary by flying warplanes near the island and rehearsing beach landings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to issues related to China\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity and other core interests, there is no room for China to compromise or make concessions, and no one should underestimate the strong determination, firm will and strong ability of the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-china-beijing-taiwan-f4fdeb6e15097d55f5d4c06b5f8c9c29\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Biden comments <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9GY7sjcDl\">https:\/\/t.co\/h9GY7sjcDl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TOI World News (@TOIWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOIWorld\/status\/1451481120755748870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China on Friday said there is \u201cno room\u201d for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by U.S. President Joe Biden that the U.S. is committed to defending the island if it is attacked. Foreign Ministry<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106197\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,502,168,144,106,151,507],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-china","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-foreign-relations","category-military-armed-forces","category-politics-in-general","category-taiwan-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106197"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106203,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106197\/revisions\/106203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}