With China Refusing To Meet Pentagon Chief, U.S.-China Tensions Expected To Be on Display at ‘Shangri-La’ Summit

The U.S. and Chinese defense ministers are likely to deliver dueling speeches at the gathering, as Chinese saber-rattling at Taiwan unnerves the Pacific.

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The American secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, during press conference at Tallinn, Estonia, February 16, 2023. AP/Sergei Grits

The top American and Chinese defense officials should be rubbing shoulders, even exchanging greetings, in Singapore this weekend, but they may not be talking one-on-one about the worsening security issues between their two countries.

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