US, China defense chiefs shake hands at summit, but no ‘substantive exchange’
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shook hands with China's Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu on the sidelines of a security summit in Singapore but the ...Read full article 
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