BEIJING -- Officers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Chinese military met in Beijing on Monday, resuming an in-person exchange program for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Officers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces, facing toward camera, hold a discussion with representatives from a Chinese military-affiliated think tank in Beijing in July 17. (Photo courtesy of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
BEIJING -- Officers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Chinese military met in Beijing on Monday, resuming an in-person exchange program for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.