Senior US-China military agree to continue communication

Senior US and Chinese military commanders have affirmed continued communication on security issues to lay the groundwork for a planned US-China phone summit. The commander of the People's Liberation Army's Southern Theater Command, General Wu Yanan and the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Paparo held online meeting Tuesday.

The Chinese Defense Ministry said both sides "exchanged in-depth views on issues of common concern, as the follow-up implementation based on an agreement at the summit meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco last November.