The defense chiefs of the United States and China have held talks on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Cambodia to discuss strained bilateral relations and regional and global security issues.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, center, poses for a group photo together with Cambodia's Defense Minister Tea Banh, left, Philippines Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., right, as Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen walks at the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during the ASEAN-United State Defense Ministers' Informal Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
Already-tense relations between Washington and Beijing soured even more in August when U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, which is independently governed but claimed by China. The United States, Taiwan’s most important ally, mantains a longstanding “one China” policy, which recognizes the government in Beijing but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei, and “strategic ambiguity” over whether the U.S. would respond militarily if the island were attacked.
Austin “underscored his opposition to unilateral changes to the status quo" and called on China to refrain from destabilizing actions toward Taiwan, Ryder said in a statement. He said the meeting was “of great significance” for bringing China-U.S. relations “back to the track of healthy and stable development.”
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