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CHINA DAILY: Beijing won’t budge over Diaoyu Islands
Biden’s statement implies the US confrontation with China is likely to continue
Like it or not, the policies of the current US administration have unsettled the world, particularly the hostile stance it has taken towards China. So with the US presidential election called in favour of Joe Biden, hopes have been raised that the deportment of the US may be less destabilising and discomfiting in future.
Yet after Biden spoke by telephone with the leaders of Japan, the Republic of Korea and Australia on Thursday, the only takeaway the Western media has offered is that he agreed the Japan-US security treaty applies to the Diaoyu Islands, implying the US confrontation with China will continue should Biden enter the White House...
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