Biden Begins Asia Tour Aimed at Boosting Indo-Pacific Ties – Is This All About Confronting China?

Joe Biden’s maiden Asia tour is all about China as he sets off to establish a mega economic forum next week mainly to curb China’s growing economic clout. Biden’s first tour of Asia as the American president, which began in South Korea on Friday, is believed to be all about confronting China’s increasing economic power in the region in particular and in the world in general. His goal is largely evident from the fact that he will launch the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), a mega “economic arrangement”, in the Japanese capital Tokyo, his second destination during his five-day Asian…