It is rumored that the United States strives to meet in the Singapore meeting in June

(Bloomberg, Washington) reported that the United States is fighting for the United States and China Defense Minister to meet in Singapore next month.The United States Biden administration has repeatedly tried to restart the exchange of China and the US military, but China refused.

Bloomberg News reported anonymous insiders on Friday (May 5) that the United States was trying to contact China to arrange for the two countries to meet.If Beijing accepts invitations, this will be the face -to -face talks between the two -level top officials since the Chinese balloon flying over the United States in February this year.

The United States had previously requested that the Minister of Defense Austin or the chief of staff co -chairman Milly called on the phone with Chinese officials, but was rejected by the Chinese side.The US President Biden has repeatedly emphasized that it is necessary to establish a "guardrail" for relations between the two countries, but China believes that the United States has not come up with sincerity.When Tsai Ing -wen, Taiwan visited the Chinese American diplomatic country last month, the United States made her transit, which made Sino -US relations worse.

For Bloomberg's above report, US Department of Defense spokesman Menas responded that there are no talk arrangements to be announced at present, but the Ministry of Defense "seeking communication channels with Chinese military leaders, including Chinese defense leaders to maintain smooth communication channels,"" ".The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not respond to the media's inquiry.

Inspectors revealed that the U.S. military's idea was to allow Austin and Chinese Defense Director Li Shangfu to meet in the Shangri -La dialogue in June.When Austin attended the incense meeting last June, he met with the then Chinese Defense Minister Wei Feng.

The new Chinese defense minister is still on the US sanctions list

It is worth noting that the U.S. military has repeatedly stated that he will talk to the Chinese military, but Li Shangfu, who is still the Chinese Defense Secretary in March this year, is still on the US sanctions list, which may make bilateral high -level military contact.EssenceIn September 2017, Li Shangfu did not take long after serving as the Minister of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission of China."Act", included in the sanctions list.

When the reporter asked Menas, whether Li Shangfu was sanctioned to affect the meeting of China -US defense, he replied that according to the "counterattack against the US enemy bill with sanctions", Austin could contact the "formal US government affairs" to "contact with the official US government affairs".other side.This answer is consistent with the caliber of the US State Department spokesman.

According to Bloomberg's analysis, Beijing is also making difficult calculations. On the one hand, it hopes to restore high -level dialogue as a bargaining chip to promote the United States to adopt a more friendly policy to China.Regional countries that have been looking forward to the dissatisfaction of China and the United States to alleviate the relationship between tensions.