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Promise to help fight against Covid-19 could help security grouping counter Beijing’s influence in the region US President Joe Biden has made the region and the growing rivalry with China a major focus of his foreign policy Promise to help fight against Covid-19 could help security grouping counter Beijing’s influence in the region. The United States, India, Australia and Japan have pledged to deliver a billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine throughout the Indo-Pacific by the end of 2022 in what is widely seen as a bid to counter China’s influence in the region. Observers said it will allow the group...