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EAST-WEST ALLIANCE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi before the Quad meeting of foreign ministers in Melbourne on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. AFP PHOTO
EAST-WEST ALLIANCE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi before the Quad meeting of foreign ministers in Melbourne on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. AFP PHOTO

MELBOURNE, Australia: The top diplomats of the United States, Australia, Japan and India opened talks in Melbourne on Friday on deepening their Quad alliance, hoping to blunt China's expanding power across the Asia-Pacific region.

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