Eye on China, Biden to join Asean summit for first time in 4 years

US President Joe Biden will take part in a virtual summit with the Asean on Tuesday, the first time in four years, as part of Washington's strategy of pushing back against China.

US President Joe Biden will take part in a virtual summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Tuesday, the first time in four years Washington will engage at the top level with a bloc it sees as key to its strategy of pushing back against China.

The US embassy in Brunei told Reuters Biden will lead the US delegation for the Asean-United States summit, part of a series of Asean leaders' meetings this week.