"The US must lift sanctions against China if the Biden administration wants high-level communication between the Chinese and American armed forces, a Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday.
“The US side knows the reason for difficulties in its military-to-military relations with China — it actually imposed unilateral sanctions on China,” Liu Pengyu, the spokesman for China’s Embassy in Washington, said in a briefing on Wednesday. “Such obstacles should be removed before any exchange and cooperation could take place between the two countries.”"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-28/china-wants-sanctions-lifted-for-military-talks-with-the-us
Blinken says he failed to revive military-to-military talks with China
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/20/blinken-says-he-failed-to-revive-military-to-military-talks-with-china.html
"Yellen's long-anticipated trip follows weeks after Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing and agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the two countries' rivalry should not veer into conflict, and amid a freeze in military communications between the two nations."
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/yellens-china-visit-new-normal-beijing-us-relations-3606891
US and China must establish military communications
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-and-china-must-establish-military-communications/ar-AA1dlhF2