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Joe Biden has said the US wasn't trying to 'contain' China, but the evidence suggests otherwise

  • Written by Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Professor Emerita, Australian National University
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During an official visit to Australia in 2016, US President Joe Biden assured America’s Pacific allies that “We’re not trying to contain China”. That assurance is looking very shaky now.

The Biden administration’s energetic promotion of the Quad grouping and the AUKUS alliance convey a message that few...

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