Biden approves $571M in defense support for Taiwan
  • Democratically governed Taiwan rejects China’s claims of sovereignty.

    China has stepped up military pressure against Taiwan, including daily military activities near the island and two rounds of war games this year.

    President Joe Biden speaks at a podium.

    President Joe Biden agreed to provide $571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan on December 20, 2024, the White House said. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)

    Taiwan went on alert last week in response to what it said was China’s largest massing of naval forces in three decades around Taiwan and in the East and South China Seas.

    Biden had delegated to the secretary of state the authority “to direct the drawdown of up to $571.3 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan,” the White House said in a statement without providing details.

    Taiwan’s defense ministry thanked the United States for its “firm security guarantee,” saying in a statement the two sides would continue to work closely on security issues to ensure peace in the Taiwan Strait.

    The Pentagon said the State Department had approved the potential sale to Taiwan of about $265 million worth of command, control, communications, and computer modernization equipment.

    Taiwan’s defense ministry said the equipment sale would help upgrade its command-and-control systems.

    Taiwan’s defense ministry also said on Saturday that the U.S. government had approved $30 million of parts for 76 mm autocannon, which it said would boost the island’s capacity to counter China’s “grey-zone” warfare.

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