The president’s comments to Quad leaders are likely to raise eyebrows in China, which has been at odds with the US over everything from trade to the origins of the COVID vaccine.
: US President Joe Biden has been caught in another hot mic moment, this time warning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other Indo-Pacific leaders that he believes China’s aggression is a deliberate strategy to test the region at a challenging time for Beijing.
“China continues to behave aggressively, testing us all across the region, and it’s true in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, South China, South Asia and the Taiwan Straits,” Biden told Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The leaders on Saturday announced a range of initiatives, including a “Quad Cancer Moonshot” to help protect women across the Pacific from cervical cancer by expanding the HPV vaccine program. The Australian government will contribute $16.5 million to the partnership, with Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation providing an additional $13.1 million.“Tragically, women in the Pacific die of the disease at up to 13 times the rate of women in Australia,” Albanese said.
Following China’s confrontations with the Philippines in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, the group also issued a joint communique after the meeting, condemning the actions without specifically naming Beijing. “It’s not surprising that China would have been on the agenda. It’s an Indo-Pacific convening. China is a major country in the Indo-Pacific,” the official said.
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