US and Chinese military officials hold talks on maritime security

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US and Chinese military officials have met for their first working-level talks since president Donald Trump took office for the second time. The two sides shared their respective concerns over military safety on the seas. Advertisement The US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the talks, held on Wednesday and Thursday in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai, were focused on “decreasing the incidences of unsafe and unprofessional” actions by China’s naval and air forces. The Chinese defence ministry pointed out that US military ships and aircraft have been conducting “reconnaissance, surveys and high-intensity drills in the sea and...