US Ambassador Explains Biden’s Game-Changing Plan for Asia Allies

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The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a new U.S. approach to its Asia-Pacific network of alliances, according to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel—with a little inadvertent help from China. "I think we're transforming our relationship in the region from a 'hub and spokes' to this 'latticework' system, he said in an interview released Tuesday by the ChinaTalk podcast. On April 10, President Joe Biden will for the first time bring together the heads of state of Japan and the Philippines for a trilateral summit. Tokyo and Manila, both U.S. defense treaty allies with simmering territorial disputes with...