U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris says the United States must support Taiwan's ability to defend itself. Her comments came in an interview with U.S. news show "60 Minutes." The vice president says supporting Taiwanese self-defense and ensuring freedom in the Taiwan Strait is in keeping with Washington's "one-China" policy.
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00:00U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris says the U.S. must support Taiwan's ability
00:05to defend itself.
00:07She made a comment in an interview with U.S. news show 60 Minutes.
00:11Harris was asked if she would use U.S. military force if China attacked Taiwan.
00:16Bill, I'm not going to get into hypotheticals, but listen, we need to make sure that we maintain
00:22a one-China policy, but that includes supporting Taiwan's ability to defend itself.
00:30The vice president also said the U.S. policy, which officially recognizes Beijing over Taipei,
00:36includes ensuring freedom and the Taiwan Strait.
00:39It's the first time Harris has spoken on Beijing's threat to invade Taiwan since taking over
00:44the Democratic presidential ticket.