Biden’s pick for China ambassador says ‘we cannot trust the Chinese’ on Taiwan

Nicholas Burns calls Beijing an aggressor' and says US responsibility is to make Taiwan a tough nut to crack'

US president Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador to Beijing said on Wednesday that China was aggressive and untrustworthy, insisting that boosting Taiwan's defences against the threat of Chinese invasion should be a US priority.

Speaking to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which is due to confirm his appointment, Nicholas Burns denounced recent Chinese warplane incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone, calling them especially objectionable".