Source: South China Morning PostUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a virtual meeting on Thursday with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, a group of Pacific allies known as “the Quad” that Washington sees as a vital countering force against an increasingly assertive Beijing.Blinken and the other diplomats – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – discussed a range of global issues, a call…Read More