The US president has theorized that his Chinese counterpart is preoccupied with an economic crisis and will not launch an offensive
US President Joe Biden has suggested that Chinese leaders are too immersed in dealing with their country’s economic woes to launch an attack to forcibly reunify with self-governing Taiwan.
Speaking at a press briefing on Sunday during his state visit to Hanoi, Biden was asked whether Beijing’s economic struggles might lead to a more aggressive stance toward Taipei. “I don’t think it’s going to cause China to invade Taiwan; matter of fact, the opposite,” he said. “[China] probably doesn’t have the same capacity that it had before.”
Referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as “Prime Minister Xi,” Biden said China’s leader is “working his way through” economic difficulties, particularly in the real estate industry. “He has his hands full right now,” the US president claimed. “He has overwhelming…