Illustration: Craig Stephens
Opinion
Opinion
On the South China Sea, US and Chinese military leaders continue to talk past each other
- Mark J. Valencia says a recent US-China security dialogue failed to produce any tension-defusing agreement
- The two sides agreed that the talks had been ‘candid’, but the US continued to misconstrue Xi Jinping’s remarks on militarisation in the South China Sea
Illustration: Craig Stephens