The rare meeting was designed to avoid a "miscalculation" in the region amid high tensions.
American and Chinese military commanders have spoken in a long-anticipated call as the two powers seek to manage their intensifying rivalry in a contentious Asia-Pacific region – and repair lines of military communication severed more than two years ago.
Beijing severed high-level military-to-military communication with the US in August 2022 following visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the self-ruling democratic island that China's ruling Communist Party claims as its own. He also cited "several recent PLA unsafe interactions with US allies," and called on the PLA to "comply with international laws and norms to ensure operational safety."
The resumption of the commander-level talks comes amid especially heightened tensions in the South China Sea, where Chinese and Philippine ships have been engaged in a series of increasingly violent, but so-far non-lethal confrontations in recent months.
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