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Hints of a thaw in the Sino-US freeze
Positive signs are emerging but these straws in the wind still have to reckon with deeper, broader trends.
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It is hard to say whether the recent thaw in US-China relations is sincere, and only the coming months will reveal a lot of that, says the writer.
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Clear signs that the tortuous, stop-start journey towards a thawing of frozen Sino-American ties are finally in sight can come in statements as short as two paragraphs.
A Sept 22 media release from the Pentagon revealed that United States defence officials held a meeting that day with their Chinese counterparts, at the invitation of the US Department of Defence.
