China Not Interested In Resuming Military Dialogues With The U.S.

Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei. Photo: China Ministry of Defence © Provided by South China Morning Post 

SCMP: China brushes off US request to resume military dialogues 

* US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin had called for contacts to restart, after China cut off exchanges in retaliation for US House speaker's visit to Taiwan in August 

* But US should 'respect China's interests and major concerns and remove the negative factors that impede the development of ties', a military spokesman says 

The US needs to respect China's interests and concerns if it is serious about reopening military communications, a Chinese military spokesman said on Thursday. 

Contact has been cut off since August, after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan over Beijing's protests. Responding to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin's recent call for China to resume contact, Tan Kefei, a spokesman for China's defence ministry, said that Washington bore all blame.  

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Update #1: China Says US Must Respect Its Concerns to Resume Military Dialogues (Antiwar.com)  

Update #2: China Rebuffing US Requests To Resume Military Dialogue Until "Red Lines" Respected (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: Presidents Xi and Biden are going to be at the G20 next month. They may talk, but if they do I am willing to bet that it will be brief.

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