President Biden recently took a trip to Asia with the goal of rallying Asian allies against China’s rising influence.
- Phelim Kine, D.C.-based China correspondent for Politico, said the trip was “a raging success” in that the United States received strong expressions of unity from the governments of South Korea, Japan, India and Australia.
- Kine said China realizes other countries are challenging its ability to project power with increasing aggression across Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.
- He said China reacted to the trip with threatening phrases and clearly saw it as a threat.
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Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden at the entrance hall of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan on May 24, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. President Biden arrived in Japan after his visit to South Korea, part of a tour of Asia aimed at reassuring allies in the region (Photo by Zhang Xiaoyou - Pool/Getty Images)

U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrive at the National Museum of Korea for the state dinner on May 21, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. U.S. President Joe Biden visited South Korea for his first summit with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol (Photo by Lee Jin-Man - Pool/Getty Images)