US-Chinese military talks resume on safety in the air and at sea after a nearly 2-year break
U.S. and Chinese defense officials are meeting for the first time in nearly two years to discuss unsafe and aggressive ship and aircraft incidents between the two militaries in the Pacific region
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Published - Apr 05, 2024, 09:51 AM ET
Last Updated - Apr 05, 2024, 09:51 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in nearly two years, U.S. and Chinese defense officials met this week to discuss unsafe and aggressive ship and aircraft incidents between the two militaries in the Pacific region, restarting a dialogue that Beijing abruptly ended in a dispute involving Taiwan.
The meeting, which was Tuesday through Thursday in Hawaii, came as Washington and Beijing work to expand communications between the two world powers and ease escalating tensions. Military-to-military contact had stalled in August 2022, when Beijing suspended all such communication after then- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the self-governing island China claims as its own.
