Title:

 Mattis becomes first U.S. defense chief to visit China under Trump

Author:

Phil Stewart, Ben Blanchard

Source:

Reuters

Date:

June 26, 2018 

Description:

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relations.