China blames US support for Taiwan for failure of defence chiefs Dong Jun and Lloyd Austin to meet

[HKFP] - 11/22/2024

China on Thursday blamed Washington’s support for Taiwan for the failure of the two countries’ defence ministers to meet this week, after US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin called Beijing’s no-show “unfortunate”. Multiple US media reported this week that Austin had hoped to meet his Chinese (…)



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