Top U.S. and Chinese military leaders in the Indo-Pacific held a video conference on Sept. 10, the two sides confirmed, as Washington seeks to maintain communication with Beijing amid intensified regional tensions in the South China Sea and beyond.
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, spoke virtually with his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Wu Yanan, commander of the Chinese military’s Southern Theater Command, on Sept. 9 (Sept. 10 in China), according to statements from each side. It was the first such meeting in more than two years.
The Southern Theater Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is responsible for overseeing operations in the regions claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea, a crucial waterway through which flows an estimated one third of global shipping traffic….
US, China Military Commanders in Indo-Pacific Hold Call Amid Regional Tensions
