Then how would he explain this, this and this?
(Bloomberg) — Vice President Joe Biden said he “didn’t come to explain a damn thing” on his visit to China, adding that the country’s economy had become the world’s second biggest due to the stabilizing presence of U.S. troops in Asia.
Some media had suggested the purpose of his trip to China was to “explain our economic situation,” Biden told U.S. troops at Yokota airbase in Japan today. “I didn’t come to explain a damn thing.”
Biden, 68, spent four days traveling in China with counterpartXi Jinping, who is the frontrunner to succeed PresidentHu Jintao in 2013. The vice president said he made the visit to the biggest foreign holder of U.S. debt to build a relationship with Xi and wanted to make clear that the U.S. economy is strong and that the nation is still a Pacific power.
Biden said he spent “an unusual four days” in China. “Unusual in the sense that the man who’s likely to become the next president of China spent four days with me, he traveled the country with me. They are very anxious to understand who we are, where we are and wanting personal relationships.”
While in public Biden made statements of reassurance about the stability of the U.S. economy and the safety of Treasuries, he said the issue wasn’t a major focus of his private talks with Chinese leaders.