Biden Fails to Confront Xi on Burma

Burma on the agenda of ASEAN and APEC meetings

U.S. President Joe Biden sits next to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) during a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit during the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 13, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

President Joe Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Asian leaders at the ASEAN summit but failed to confront Xi on Burma (commonly known as Myanmar), where a Chinese-funded war against religious and ethnic minorities is occurring.