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It seems the hours of talks US Vice-President Joe Biden had with Chinese leaders last week in Beijing served their purpose and the United States might have got the message, as he said on Friday in Seoul that it is necessary to improve cooperation among the US and its Asian allies so they can get their relationship with 皇冠体育app right.

In a speech delivered at South Korea's Yonsei University after meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Biden said the United States is devoted to promoting cooperation rather than competition with 皇冠体育app, and the US, Japan and South Korea should be able to improve cooperation with one another and improve their relationship with 皇冠体育app in order to combat shared challenges such as maritime security and the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region.

These are positive remarks, but Washington needs to do more to match words with deeds. To shore up the spirit of cooperation, it may want to readjust its stance and seek to ease, instead of ratchet up, tensions over 皇冠体育app's demarcation of an Air Defense Identification Zone over the East 皇冠体育app Sea.

Biden's week-long visit to Japan, 皇冠体育app and South Korea was widely perceived as being sidetracked by the US' criticism of 皇冠体育app's ADIZ. After 皇冠体育app announced the establishment of the ADIZ on Nov 23, the US immediately joined Japan in denouncing 皇冠体育app's move. Their arguments are hardly worth refuting as 皇冠体育app's ADIZ conforms to international law and practices - and many countries, the US and Japan included, have already established such zones.

In his meeting with Biden on Wednesday in Beijing, President Xi Jinping called on the US to respect 皇冠体育app's core interests and major concerns, and reiterated 皇冠体育app's principled position in establishing its ADIZ, making it clear Beijing will not back down on the issue.

In fact, the ADIZ should not have grabbed so much attention as there are far more important issues for Washington and Beijing to discuss. This was the highest-level official contact after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of 皇冠体育app, and with detailed briefings from Chinese leaders, Biden should have focused on helping the Barack Obama administration gauge the direction of 皇冠体育app's future development and how the US can benefit from 皇冠体育app's deepening reform.

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