November 9, 2018
How Mattis is trying to keep U.S.-China tensions from boiling over
Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the United States imposed sanctions on China’s military this fall, China retaliated by canceling Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ plans to meet his counterpart in Beijing. But just days later, a Chinese general visited the Pentagon with a reassuring message: Beijing valued the importance of military ties between the two countries.
In the previously unreported visit, Huang Xueping arrived on Oct. 10 to see Mattis’ aides, but the secretary briefly met him in the hallway with a message for Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe. The two were still going to be at a security conference in Singapore later in October, and Mattis told Huang he looked forward to meeting Wei there, said Randall Schriver, the Pentagon’s top Asia policy official.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-mattis-insight/how-mattis-is-trying-to-keep-u-s-china-tensions-from-boiling-over-idUSKCN1NE0FF
