Pentagon chief warns China against destabilizing actions on Taiwan

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged China to refrain from further "destabilizing actions" toward Taiwan during talks with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on Tuesday, while emphasizing the need to maintain open lines of communication between the two countries, according to the U.S. Defense Department.The meeting took place in Cambodia, about a week after their countries' leaders held talks on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Indonesia as part of efforts to manage the increasing competition between the world's two largest economies.On Taiwan, a self-ruled democratic island th…READ FULL ARTICLE