Biden Heading To Asia

By Anastasia Degtyarenko

Vice president Joe Biden leaves Tuesday for a trip to China, Mongolia, and Japan in an attempt to strengthen U.S.’ rapport with Asian leaders. 

Mostly concentrated on cooperation with “emerging power”, the Vice president will spend the first part of the trip in China. The second leg will be a visit to Mongolia to demonstrate direct support for Mongolians’ growing democracy. The third part of the trip will consist of a visit to Japan with the goal of surveying the country’s recovery after the March tsunami and quake and to demonstrate the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance. 

According to the Biden’s national security adviser, Tony Blinken, the primary goal of the trip is to display that the U.S. is a pacific power whose interests are linked with Asia’s economic security and political order.