US delegation to Xiangshan Forum to be led by Pentagon director for China policy

The American delegation to the Xiangshan Forum, a major Chinese security conference in Beijing, will be led by US principal deputy assistant secretary of defence for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Cynthia “Xanthi” Carras, the South China Morning Post has learned. This year’s Xiangshan Forum, the 13th edition of the event, will be held in Beijing from next Tuesday to Thursday. Carras’ attendance marks a higher level of American participation than last year, when Washington sent a defence attaché from...