Senior Chinese military officials separately met U.S. and Russian naval counterparts at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said during a press briefing on April 25. The 19th Western Pacific Naval Symposium began on April 22, gathering over 180 navy representatives from 29 countries. The topic of this year’s biennial meeting is “Oceans with a Shared Future.” This is the second time China has hosted the event since 2014. Wu told the media that China’s naval commander Hu Zhongming and political commissar Yuan Huazhi “exchanged views” with…
