US and China agree to resume military communications - BBC News

The US and China have agreed to resume military-to-military communications in an effort to ease rising tensions, the US president said.

Joe Biden met with China's President Xi Jinping in California on Wednesday.

It was the first time the pair had spoken in person in more than a year.

As well as resuming military communications, the two sides announced several other agreements in areas that have become sources of tension in recent times.