Beijing halts high-level military dialogue with US, suspends other cooperation

BEIJING: Beijing announced on Friday (Aug 5) that it was halting cooperation with the United States in many areas, including dialogue between senior-level army commanders, in retaliation for the visit recently to Taiwan by US House Loudspeaker Nancy Pelosi.

China’s international ministry also stated in a statement that it was halting climate talks with the United States, as well as cooperation on cross-border crime prevention and repatriating illegal migrants, among eight specific measures.