U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, elbow bumps with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, front, watch after a joint news conference after their two plus two security talks at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

With screens showing Chinese President Xi Jinping, delegates attend the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday, March 5, 2021. The U.S. sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city, including a decision to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2020, file photo, Hong Kong activist Nathan Law takes part in a protest during a meeting of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, in Rome. Hong Kong democracy activists have launched a new push to continue their fight among residents living abroad in the wake of a sweeping crackdown by Beijing and changes to the the semi-autonomous Chinese city's electoral system aimed at shutting out opposition voices. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, not in picture, during a courtesy call at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)