U.S.-China military relations

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe spoke in Singapore, part of an effort to add “guardrails” to the China-U.S. competition.

The two-day video conference marked the first known direct high-level contact between Chinese and U.S. defense officials under the Biden administration.

The U.S. needs to make clear if transits through the Taiwan Strait are routine demonstrations of its navigational rights or intentional signals of deterrence.

Chinese planes and ships are reportedly told “not to fire the first shot.”

Extremists in the United States have moved Washington’s position from engagement to hardline strategic competition.

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The U.S. secretary of defense brings a dose of “reality” to the U.S.-China military relationship.

Japan, in particular, was likely encouraged.

That makes two incidents in one month.

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