CHINA-US: PENTAGON RECTIFIES ERROR IN CHINESE DEFENCE MINISTRY READ-OUT OF TELEPHONE CALL BETWEEN U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY AND CHINESE DEFENCE MINISTER
US Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on May 5 in a press briefing clarified that on May 4
the US Defence Secretary had a phone call with the PRC Minister of National Defense. The
PRC Ministry of National Defense published a readout which erroneously claimed that "the
United States adheres to the one-China principle." He stated that the Secretary did not say this.
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