The US and Chinese defence ministers will meet in person for the first time in two years later this month, as the countries reopen communication lines that were closed as relations plummeted in 2022.
Lloyd Austin and Dong Jun, who was appointed in December, will meet at the Shangri-La Dialogue defence forum in Singapore at the end of this month, according to people familiar with the situation.
China shut down military-to-military communications with Washington after then US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022, enraging Beijing.
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