Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no breakthrough on resuming military-to-military communication with China, saying the effort is still a 'work in progress.'
military-to-military communication after the U.S. downed a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the U.S. earlier this year.
"It's a work in progress," Blinken told Brennan."This is something that we need to do in the interests of both of our countries, that is, not only to establish and reestablish and strengthen lines of communication across our government — which we have done, starting with this trip, and I believe visits to follow by a number of my colleagues, and then Chinese officials coming to the United States.
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