Biden seeks to keep China in focus by welcoming ASEAN leaders

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By David Brunnstrom, Simon Lewis and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will host Southeast Asian leaders in Washington this week as his administration seeks to show it can maintain its focus on the Indo-Pacific and the long-term challenge of China despite the immediate crisis in Ukraine. A two-day summit with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) begins with a White House dinner on Thursday before talks at the State Department on Friday. Up to eight of the 10 ASEAN leaders are expected. Myanmar’s leader has been excluded over a coup last year an…

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