US Accepts China’s Invitation to Take Part in Defense Forum
- Lower level officials will attend, three people familiar say
- Ties between Beijing and Washington showing signs of warming
Lloyd Austin
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The US accepted China’s invitation to attend a top security forum in Beijing this month, another sign that ties between the world’s two-largest economies are starting to normalize.
The Department of Defense said it responded to China’s invitation to attend the Beijing Xiangshan Forum with an intent to participate “at a level consistent with past precedent,” without specifying which officials would attend.