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US holds ‘unusual’ civil-military meeting in Tokyo ahead of Trump’s China trip
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PUBLISHEDOct 14, 2026, 10:00 AM
What the source reports
Senior American diplomats, administration officials and Indo-Pacific military commanders met in Tokyo earlier this month in what one source called an “unusual” gathering ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in November.
People familiar with the meeting said it represented an evolution of a long-standing practice in which US ambassadors stationed across Asia and the Pacific gathered to exchange…
Main source: SCMP
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