{"id":1940511,"date":"2023-05-30T04:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-snubs-meeting-request-from-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T04:47:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T08:47:14","slug":"china-snubs-meeting-request-from-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-snubs-meeting-request-from-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"China rejects meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-snubs-meeting-request-from-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>China Rejects Meeting Request from Top U.S. Defense Officials<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>China spurned a meeting request from top U.S. defense officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, before the annual security forum in Singapore, a Department of Defense official told the Washington Examiner on Monday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this month, officials from the United States proposed that Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu meet at the sidelines of the Singapore event amid frayed tensions between the two superpowers. Li is subject to U.S. sanctions, but Pentagon officials stress that doesn&#8217;t prevent him from meeting with Austin.<\/p>\n<h3>Importance of Open Communication<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The Department believes strongly in the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/again-chinese-foreign-minister-berates-antony-blinken-at-g20-summit\/\" title=\"Again! Chinese Foreign Minister Berates Antony Blinken at G20 Summit\">maintaining open lines<\/a> of military-to-military communication between Washington and Beijing to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict,&#8221; Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>China informed the U.S. of its decision to forgo the meeting &#8220;overnight,&#8221; per the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is far from the first time that the PRC has rejected invitations to communicate from the Secretary, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or other Department officials. Frankly, it\u2019s just the latest in a litany of excuses. Since 2021, the PRC has declined or failed to respond to over a dozen requests,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-killed-in-kabul-airport-as-chaos-ensues-flights-suspended-then-restarted\/\" title=\"7 Killed In Kabul Airport As Chaos Ensues. Flights Suspended, Then Restarted\">senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-seizes-iranian-weapons-shipment-as-biden-administration-seeks-new-deal\/\" title=\"Navy Seizes Iranian Weapons Shipment as Biden Administration Seeks New Deal\">defense official told<\/a><\/a> the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a trip to China amid controversy over a spy balloon that floated across U.S. airspace. Eventually, the military shot down that balloon over the Carolina coast. That meeting with Blinken has not yet been rescheduled.<\/p>\n<h3>Tensions Remain High<\/h3>\n<p>Tensions have been particularly strained by the military buildup in the South China Sea as well as the status of Taiwan, a self-governing island over which China claims sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>National security adviser Jake Sullivan conferred with Wang Yi, a top Chinese diplomat and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">foreign affairs minister<\/a>, in Vienna earlier this month. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also recently met with Minister of Commerce of the People\u2019s Republic of China Wang Wentao last week.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the importance of open communication, China has once again rejected a meeting request from top U.S. defense officials. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-snubs-meeting-request-from-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin\/\" title=\"China rejects meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.\">tensions remaining high<\/a>, it is unclear when or if a meeting will take place in the future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>China rejected a meeting request from top U.S. defense officials before the annual security forum in Singapore.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. stresses the importance of maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication between Washington and Beijing.<\/li>\n<li>Tensions remain high due to the military buildup in the South China Sea and the status of Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China rejected a meeting request from US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other top officials ahead of the annual security forum in Singapore, according to a Department of Defense official. 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