Biden set for first Asia trip with North Korea nuclear fears looming

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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden leaves on Thursday (May 19) for South Korea and Japan to cement US leadership in Asia at a time when the White House's attention has been pulled back to Russia and Europe - and amid

The visits are being touted as proof that the United States is building on recent moves to cement its years-long pivot to Asia, where rising Chinese commercial and military power is undercutting decades of US dominance.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan insisted there was no"tension" between the European and Asian issues, calling them"mutually reinforcing". Sullivan said the administration wants not so much to confront China on the trip as to use Biden's diplomacy to show that the West and its Asian partners will not be divided and weakened.

 

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