Biden declares US defence pact covers disputed shoal

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US President Joe Biden is sending a clear message to Beijing that Washington is bolstering its alliances in the Indo-Pacific in the face of China’s growing assertiveness in the region, according to London’s Financial Times. At the first meeting, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the two leaders will announce a plan to implement the most significant upgrade to the alliance since the nations signed a mutual defence treaty in 1960, said the FT. Then he meets President Ferdinand Marcos Jr...

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