HONG KONG — Amid intensifying military deployments across East Asia, high-level defense dialogue between China and the United States remains frozen. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not secure any progress on the issue during his visit to Beijing last week. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attempted talks with China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu during a defense conference in Singapore this month, but did not get beyond a handshake. What is the situation now? General Li, appointed in March, remains sanctioned by the U.

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