Biden Tells Quad Leaders at Summit China Is ‘Testing Us’

President Joe Biden hosted the leaders of India, Japan, and Australia at a summit in Delaware.

U.S. President Joe Biden (C) meets with (L-R, at table) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the Quadrilateral Summit at the Archmere Academy in Wilmington, Del., on Sept. 21, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden told leaders of Australia, India, and Japan that communist China is “testing us” with its aggression in the Indo-Pacific, a remark that was caught on a hot mic at a summit of the Quad alliance on Sept. 21.

The summit, which Biden hosted near his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, was attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.