G-7, NATO Leaders to Address Challenges Posed by Beijing: US Senior Official

U.S. President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) look on as Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (2R) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2L) during a photograph with G-7 Leaders at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Doug Mills/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese regime is expected to be a key issue in the upcoming G-7 and NATO summits a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.

“Ukraine is not causing us to take our eye off the ball on China. In fact, I think quite the opposite,” said an unnamed senior U.S.administration official in Washington in a background press call previewing the two summits.