--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Joe Biden on China (Quote) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc477cbfbb088f7a6/698a9d9e16d884052ec45e1f/ap845125022216.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) # Joe Biden on China (Quote) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) May 14, 2013 3:19 PM CUT  Vice President Joe Biden gives the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania's 257th Commencement, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Vice President Joe Biden gives the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania's 257th Commencement, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)ASSOCIATED PRESS—AP2013 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) May 14, 2013 3:19 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7182483/joe-biden-on-china-quote/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7182483/joe-biden-on-china-quote/"},"headline":"Joe Biden on China (Quote)","datePublished":"2013-05-14T15:19:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-18T07:01:04.475Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/archive/7182483/joe-biden-on-china-quote/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc477cbfbb088f7a6/698a9d9e16d884052ec45e1f/ap845125022216.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc477cbfbb088f7a6/698a9d9e16d884052ec45e1f/ap845125022216.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Joe Biden","caption":"Joe Biden","creditText":"ASSOCIATED PRESS—AP2013","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7182483/joe-biden-on-china-quote/","name":"Joe Biden on China (Quote)"}}]}] ```