Ambassadors from the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, representing the Quad nations, held a rare public meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. U.S. Ambassador David Perdue described the Quad as a force for good in maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific and stated that relations among the four countries remain stable and strong. The meeting occurred amid China's historical criticism of the Quad, which Beijing views as forming cliques and engaging in bloc confrontation.