''U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will try to strike a delicate balance of calming military tensions with China while supporting ally Japan against Beijing on a trip to Asia this week that is being overshadowed by a territorial dispute in the East China Sea.
Aiming to counter criticism that the United States is neglecting Asia because it is distracted by domestic politics and the Middle East, the White House has long been planning a visit by Biden to Japan,China and South Korea.
Those countries are at the heart of a quarrel over two tiny islands claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing that descended into military brinkmanship after China in late November declared an "air defense identification zone" that includes the islands''.
Source: Reuters
It will be difficult to achieve the double mission of trying to keep away from the islands dispute,and reassure to Japan that their military alliance is still in place and keep smiling with the Chinese, knowing by the events up to date, that the US is already on Japan's side. Or not?
