U.S.-Chinese military hotline hasn't been restored a month after Biden-Xi summit
Last month, Biden declared the resumption of contacts a signature achievement. U.S. military officials say their Chinese colleagues haven't been taking their calls.
Dec. 11, 2023, 10:50 PM EST
By Courtney Kube and Carol E. Lee
Nearly a month after President Joe Biden announced that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to resume direct communications between U.S. and Chinese military commanders, U.S. defense officials have repeatedly tried to reach their Chinese counterparts but not received any responses, according to three senior U.S. officials.
Biden touted an agreement to restore direct military communications, or a hotline, after more than a year at a Nov. 16 news conference after he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco. The resumption of those communications was one of the signature achievements cited by U.S. officials.
Biden called the agreement “critically important” and evidence that he and Xi “made real progress,” saying, “We’re back to direct, open, clear, direct communications.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/us-chinese-military-hotline-hasnt-restored-month-biden-xi-summit-rcna129137
