During his current trip to Japan, President Joe Biden “said the US would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan if it came under attack from China,in an unusually forceful presidential statement in support of self-governing that drew a defiant response from Beijing ….

‘That’s the commitment we made,’ Biden said ….

[Any] attempt by China to use force against Taiwan would ‘just not be appropriate … it would dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine’ ….

The above is excerpted from article titled “US would defend Taiwan if attacked by China, says Joe Biden,” by Justin McCurry and Vincent Ni, published earlier today in The Guardian.

In response, “China’s Foreign Ministry expressed ‘strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition’ to the remarks,” according to a separate piece that appeared today on CNBC, “before adding that Beijing has no room for compromise or concessions relating to matters of sovereignty and territorial integrity.

‘No one should underestimate the strong determination, firm will, and strong ability of the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and do not stand against the 1.4 billion Chinese people,’ China’s Foreign Ministry said ….

Complete feature by Sam Meredith, available online under headline “Biden says US willing to use force to defend Taiwan — prompting backlash from China.”