US, China agree to open direct military hotline after Xi-Trump summit

The United States and China plan to establish military-to-military communications channels "to deconflict and deescalate" potential problems, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Saturday after talking with his Chinese counterpart.In a post on X, Hegseth said he had a "positive meeting" with Admiral Dong Jun, China’s Minister of National Defense, in the wake of President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.During their talk, the two defense leaders agreed that the best path forward for the U.S. and China involves "peace, stability, and good relations.""Admiral Dong and I als