US-China relations

Joe Biden ‘concerned’ over PLA drills around Taiwan but doesn’t think Beijing will escalate

US President Joe Biden said on August 8, 2022, that he does not think mainland China would escalate tensions after a series of military exercises around Taiwan. “I’m not worried, but I’m concerned that they’re moving as much as they are,” Biden said in his first public comments on the issue since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island. 

Video source: Reuters/US Network Pool 
 

August 8, 2022