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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to support discussions between the U.S. military and top officials from the People’s Liberation Army, a source said.
The panel urged the U.S. to strengthen its military deterrence against a Chinese attack on Taiwan by authorizing the deployment of anti-ship and ballistic missiles to the Indo-Pacific.
China’s Defense Ministry issued a statement strongly condemning the congressional visit, which it said interfered in China’s internal affairs.
Gen. Mark Milley’s comments are the most significant acknowledgment by a U.S. official of reports that China’s military conducted possibly two hypersonic weapons tests over the summer.
The French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, was blunt, saying his nation, whose friendship with the U.S. dates to the American Revolutionary War, felt "stabbed in the back.”
Baradar will have to convince world leaders that this is a different Taliban, a more moderate version of a group
The policy would represent an early effort by the Biden administration to present an economic plan for the world’s most economically and strategically significant region.
The world’s second-largest economy was on the agenda throughout Biden’s meetings with the Group of Seven leaders, NATO, the European Union and even Putin.
The comments came as President Joe Biden said he ordered the U.S. intelligence community to "redouble” its efforts to determine where the COVID-19 virus came from.
The report released by the U.S. State Department accuses the Chinese government of "crimes against humanity.”
