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Pentagon policy chief Colby 'obsessed' with securing China visit, US media reports

美媒:美国防部副部长“执着于访华”

US Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, a long-time hawk on China, has been trying for months to obtain an invitation to visit Beijing, including asking US officials to raise the request in meetings with Chinese counterparts, according to a Politico report cited by Global Times. The efforts have so far been unsuccessful. The Pentagon declined to comment, while the Chinese Embassy issued a statement stressing Beijing's opposition to US arms sales to Taiwan.

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Global Times frames the episode as a story of a hawkish US official being rebuffed by Beijing, underscoring that China will not provide a platform for someone who has consistently cast China as the top US threat and…

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