After Biden says US would defend Taiwan from attack, China says there's 'no room for compromise' - Fox News

After President Biden said at a CNN town hall last night he would defend Taiwan from an attack by China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said there is "no room for compromise" on its territorial claims on the island. .

and China over Taiwan comes just a few weeks after China seized on the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan to bolster its propaganda against Taiwan.

Don't worry about whether we're going to – they're going to be more powerful," Biden said in the CNN town hall.

Further pushed about whether the United States would defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack, Biden added: "Yes.

BIDEN PLEDGES TO DEFEND TAIWAN IF CHINA ATTACKS.

China and the United States are in a standoff over the future of Taiwan

A White House spokesperson told Fox News after the town hall that Biden "was not announcing any change in our policy and there is no change in our policy."

defense relationship with Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act," the spokesperson said

But it has made clear for months that the United States will defend Taiwan, which is a democratic island off the coast of China.