Biden’s Summit With Asian Allies Further Isolates China

  • China’s own three-way summit with Japan, South Korea in doubt
  • Beijing had diplomatic spats with the Asian nations this year
Biden Hails New Security Ties With Japan, South Korea
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President Joe Biden’s security pledges with once feuding neighbors Japan and South Korea at historic talks bolstered US military power in Asia. That’s made China look increasingly isolated in its own backyard.

The landmark summit at the Camp David presidential retreat last week saw Japan’s Fumio Kishida and South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol pledge to hold annual hold meetings with the US, establish a shared military hotline and strengthen ballistic missile defense cooperation.