US, China restart military level dialogue after year-long hiatus

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For the first time in more than a year, the top US military officer met virtually with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, raising the possibility of a wider mending of ties between the two nations, according to the Pentagon. General Liu Zhenli of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and US Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed “a number of global and regional security issues,” according to Brown’s office. The meeting comes after US President Joe Biden and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping met in person last month and agreed to restart military...