US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke ... Dong Jun, marking both Austin’s first call with Dong and his first at-length conversation with his Chinese counterpart since November 2022.

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with ... to the so-called one China policy. Austin last spoke with his Chinese counterpart in 2022, when he met China's ...

DOD officials previously told POLITICO that lower-level talks could not occur until Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks with his own Chinese counterpart — but that role is currently empty.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ... was the first time Austin has talked to Adm. Dong Jun and the first time he has spoken at length with any Chinese counterpart since November ...

China rejected a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a ... the two countries’ defense leaders. Austin sought to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Dong Jun, at the ASEAN Defense ...

CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday ... Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with defense chiefs from Australia ...

SINGAPORE: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed on Saturday ... the thorniest disputes in US-China relations. Austin met with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on Friday for the first ...

United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin told ... between him and his Chinese counterpart in avoiding “miscalculations and misunderstandings.” Mr. Austin's comments at the Shangri ...