1999: then-Senator Biden said Taiwan's security depended on it's Democracy, not military equipment

Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) spoke at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Taiwanese Security held on August 4, 1999.

Watch the full hearing: https://www.c-span.org/video/?151366-1/taiwanese-security

This clip is featured in our full podcast episode CD272: What is Taiwan? Listen here: https://youtu.be/OIjh-cf3tBM

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