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| Biden goes to Asia |
| 2011-08-05 |
| Vice President Joseph Biden is on his way to China, Mongolia, and Japan later this month, his office announced today. In Beijing, Biden will meet with Vice President Xi Jinping, who is expected to replace Hu Jintao as president next year. "He will visit China at the invitation of Vice President Xi Jinping - the first of the planned reciprocal visits between the Vice Presidents announced during President Hu Jintao's state visit to Washington earlier this year," the White House said in a release. Biden will do the diplomatic trifecta, meeting with Hu in Beijing, as well as Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. After Beijing, Biden will go to the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, then to the Mongolian capitol of Ulaanbaatar, and then Tokyo. The Office of the Vice President did not release the dates or specifics of meetings for the Mongolia or Japan legs of Biden's trip. The China visit comes only three months before President Barack Obama travels to Asia in November. Obama will lead a huge U.S. delegation as the host of the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which is being held in the city of his birth, Honolulu. He will then go to Bali to lead America's first-ever delegation as an official member of the East Asia Summit (EAS). EAS is a regional security focused organization that the administration joined as part of an increased commitment to strengthen U.S. relations with Asia. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #4 Geez, havn't the Japanese been through enough? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-08-05 16:07 |
| #3 "Biden goes There... fixed |
| Posted by: Pancho Snore3527 2011-08-05 14:46 |
| #2 They will put on the typical dog & pony show for leaders they do not respect, until he angrily demands to meet with the Emperor of China. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-08-05 14:15 |
| #1 Can they keep him? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-08-05 11:23 |