TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and China will resume staff-level military-to-military dialogue, holding a recurring exchange named Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCT) in January, U.S. officials told Nikkei Asia.
The DPCT is typically led by a deputy assistant secretary of defense from the U.S. side and a major general on the Chinese military side. Past DPCT have included representatives from the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and the State Department on the American side, and officials from the People's Liberation Army on the Chinese side.
