China’s US envoy pays uncommon visit to Pentagon for security talks

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China's ambassador to the United States held a rare meeting at the Pentagon on Wednesday with the top US defence official for Asia, the Pentagon said, in talks that followed US criticism of Chinese reluctance to engage in military communications. A brief Pentagon statement said Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng discussed defence relations and "a range of international and regional security issues" in talks with Ely Ratner, a US assistant secretary of defence. "Ratner also underscored the Department's commitment to maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication between the United States and the PRC," Pentagon spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Martin Meiners said, using...