U.S. and China Hold Security Talks in Hawaii

U.S. and Chinese military officials met in Hawaii this week for the first meeting in three years of a group set up to improve communications and avoid military mishaps in the Asia Pacific region, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Friday. The Military Maritime Consultative Agreement working group session followed charges last fall by the Pentagon that Chinese warplanes carried out large numbers of risky and sometimes dangerous aerial encounters close to U.S. and allied surveillance aircraft operating in international airspace. The Hawaii sessions included officials from Indo-Pacific Command, the Navy’s...