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The administration of President Joe Biden will deploy an official dedicated to monitoring Chinese governmental and business activities to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo in July, State Department sources say.
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's Friday announcement that Japan will double its investment in military power is a sign of how a nation can quickly adapt to changing times.
And Biden said Thursday he will visit sub-Saharan Africa next year.
Going after the ‘Achilles’ heel’: Biden charges into global anti-corruption fight POLITICO 3/16/2021 By Nahal Toosi © Patrick Semansky/AP Photo President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on Monday, March 15, 2021. Earlier this month, amid a blizzard of news both domestic and foreign, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the time to ban a powerful Ukrainian oligarch from setting foot in the United States. Ihor Kolomoyskyy, declared Blinken, was involved in “significant corruption” — having been accused of everything from looting billions from a bank to fun...