Austin’s meeting with Dong is meant to help improve what some in the region consider an overly tense relationship. Beijing severed military communication with the United States after then-House ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center, walks out after a bilateral meeting with China's Defense Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La ...

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun met with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this year but declined a request to meet this week at a gathering of defense leaders in Laos. IE 11 is not supported.

Austin sought to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Dong Jun, at the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus in Laos as part of a long-standing effort to maintain military lines of communication ...

Austin said it was unfortunate that Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun didn’t meet with him in Vientiane where there was a gathering of military leaders.

Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun declined to meet with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin due to the recent U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, China’s MND said Thursday. Austin reached out ...

Austin had hoped to meet his Chinese counterpart, Dong Jun, at the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus this week in Laos, ...

The decision by Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun “is a setback for the whole region,” Austin said after the first day of meetings. “It's unfortunate.

Defence Minister Dong Jun turned down the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's request to meet during a gathering of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministers, U.S. officials said on ...

China rejected a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a conference in southeast Asia this week, marking the latest turn in a tumultuous relationship between the two countries ...

The Chinese defense ministry declined an invitation for a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is in the Pacific region this week, the latest hurdle in a rocky relationship ...