US and Chinese defense chiefs meet amid strained relations


              A security person takes a dog for sniffing at the media center near the venue for the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
            
              Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe, front, walks out after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
            
              U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, right, greets with Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen at the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the ASEAN-United State Defense Ministers' Informal Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
            
              From left to right, Brunei Second Defense Minister Halbi Mohammad Yussof, Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, Laos' Defense Minister Chansamone Chanyalath, Malaysia's Defense Ministry Secretary-General Muez Abdul Aziz, Cambodia's Defense Minister Tea Banh, Philippine Defense Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., Singapore's Minister of Defense Ng Eng Hen, Thailand's Defense Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon,  Vietnam's Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang  and ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi, pose during a group photo during ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Retreat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
            
              U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, center, poses for a group photo together with Cambodia's Defense Minister Tea Banh, left, Philippines Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., right, as Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen walks at the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the ASEAN-United State Defense Ministers' Informal Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
            China's Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kelei attends a press conference in the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, Defense Ministers' Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) China's defense ministry spokesman Tan Kefei attends a press conference in the venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN's Defense Ministers' Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
US and Chinese defense chiefs meet amid strained relations