Biden: 'I don't want to contain China'

Manila Bulletin

United States President Joe Biden insists at a press conference in Hanoi during his visit to Vietnam that he does not want to "contain" China, as the two powers face deepening divisions on trade, security and rights. Biden also says he met Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the G20 summit in New Delhi - a meeting the White House had not announced - and discussed "stability." (Video courtesy of AFP)   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 We talked about stability, we talked about making sure that the third world, excuse me,

00:07 the third world, the southern hemisphere had access to change it, had access, it wasn't

00:16 confrontational at all.

00:17 And one of the things that is going on now is China is beginning to change some of the

00:22 rules of the game in terms of trade and other issues.

00:27 I don't want to contain China.

00:29 I just want to make sure that we have a relationship with China that is on the up and up, squared

00:34 away, everybody knows what it's all about.

00:37 It's not about isolating China.

00:39 It's about making sure the rules of the road, everything from airspace and space in the

00:44 ocean is the international rules of the road are pie to pie.

00:48 I'm not going to keep you waiting.

00:49 I'm going to keep you waiting.

00:50 I'm going to keep you waiting.

00:50 [end]

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