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The article reports on U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy's attempts to pacify relations with Chinese military officials during a meeting of the Defense Consultative Talks in Beijing. Flournoy avoided to mention Pentagon's military policies. He mentioned about changes in the policies of U.S. towards Australia. Chinese military officials criticized U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. U.S. defense officials mentioned the Air Sea Battle Concept as a counter to Chinese warfare arsenal.