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Austin's absence at the Xiangshan forum to affect US-China ties

The Pentagon missed a “good opportunity” to send US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to the Beijing Xiangshan Forum, where he could have met top brass of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and resumed long-stalled dialogues between senior military officials, a Chinese lieutenant general has said.