US and China agree to resume military communications after summit

The US and China have agreed to resume military-to-military communications in an effort to ease rising tensions, President Joe Biden says.

"We're back to direct, open, clear communications," he said following a rare meeting with China's President Xi Jinping in California on Wednesday.

It was the first time the pair had spoken in person in more than a year.

But there were still signs of tension between the two - Mr Biden repeated his view that Mr Xi is a dictator. read more