CCP’s Jealousy Over Japanese Prime Minister Meeting US President First

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden hold a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, on April 16, 2021. Tom Brenner/Reuters

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On April 14, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s Xinhua News Agency reported that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga would visit the United States from April 15–18, becoming the first foreign head of state to meet face-to-face with President Biden since he took office in January; the words were full of jealousy.