To counter China’s growing influence, Biden to make historic visit to Papua New Guinea

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With Washington looking at countering the growing Chinese influence in strategically important regions around the world, US President Joe Biden will briefly visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) on May 22, officials from the Pacific island nation said on Thursday. Biden’s stopover would be the first visit by a sitting US president to the resource-rich but largely undeveloped country of 9.4 million people just north of Australia. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the nation in 2018. The US President will halt in the capital Port Moresby for three hours on his way to Australia to attend the Quad leaders’ summit, a...