US Vice President to visit China

The White House announced that on August 16, 2011 Vice President Joe Biden will depart for China, Mongolia and Japan. He will visit China at the invitation of Vice President Xi Jinping, the program including meetings with President Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao.

In Ulaanbaatar, Biden will promote U.S. support for Mongolia’s two decades of democratic development and growing economic ties between the United States and Mongolia. 

In Japan, Biden will emphasize U.S. support for its close ally in the wake of the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.