Biden’s hot-mic moment at Quad: ‘China behaving aggressively… testing us all’
“We believe Xi Jinping is looking to focus on domestic economic challenges and minimise the turbulence in China,” Biden told leaders at the summit while reporters were leaving the venue.
President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australia PM Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meet at the Quad leaders summit on Saturday. (AP Photo) US President Joe Biden has been caught in a hot-mic moment, saying that he believes China is “testing” several countries across the Indo-Pacific region.
He made the comments while addressing leaders of Australia, India and Japan during the Quad summit on Saturday.
“We believe Xi Jinping is looking to focus on domestic economic challenges and minimise the turbulence in China,” Biden told leaders at the summit while reporters were leaving the venue.
Biden was heard saying that Chinese President Xi Jinping is “looking to buy himself some diplomatic space, in my view, to aggressively pursue China’s interest.” Biden added that China continues to “behave aggressively, testing us all across the region on several fronts, including on economic and technology issues”.
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