One week into the job, US President Joe Biden has sent a clear warning to Beijing against any expansionist intentions in East and South-east Asia. In multiple calls and statements, he and his top security officials have underscored support for allies Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, signalling Washington's rejection of China's disputed territorial claims in those areas.
Mr Biden on Wednesday told Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga that his administration is committed to defending Japan, including the Senkaku Islands, which are claimed both by Japan and China, which calls them the Diaoyu Islands.
That stance was echoed by Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, who told his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi last Saturday that the contested islands were covered by the US-Japan Security Treaty....MORE
