FILE PHOTO: Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan speaking to members of the media aboard a military plane prior to his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will meet China's defence minister at an Asia defence forum in Singapore, a senior U.S. defence official said on Friday, at a time of strained relations between Beijing and Washington over trade and security.
Tensions between China and the United States have intensified in the past year, over an ongoing trade war and over the disputed South China Sea and U.S. support for self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own.
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