China rebuffs US request for meeting between defense chiefs
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3 min readUS Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu will both be in Singapore for the annual Shangri-la Dialogue, which begins this Friday, but no meeting will take place between the two.
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Russia, April 16, 2023. (Reuters)
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