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The top U.S. general spoke to his Chinese counterpart Thursday morning, ending roughly 16 months of broken military-to-military engagement at the highest levels, the Pentagon announced.

The death toll caused by the devastating earthquake that rattled Northwest China Monday night reached 134 as of Wednesday press time - 113 in Gansu Province and 21 in Qinghai Province. Rescue work is drawing to an end, and the focus will now turn to the treatment of the injured and the resettlement of those affected, Gansu authorities said at a press conference on Wednesday.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the remote and mountainous part of northwest China, killing over 111 people. According to local earthquake relief headquarters, the quake struck the ethnic county of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu province and neighbouring Qinghai province on Monday midnight.

China earthquake today: magnitude, map of earthquake

Recent tensions in the South China Sea: USS Gabrielle Giffords' sail-past and Philippine-China disputes amplify diplomatic challenges.

The Chinese military continues to access U.S. technology despite restrictions.

The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Sunday took restriction measures on Philippine vessels that again trespassed into waters off a Chinese reef in the South China Sea and intentionally rammed a Chinese ship, with observers slamming the Philippines for breaking a tacit understanding with China and launching unprofessional operations, and also the US for fueling the Philippines audacity of provocation.

A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours.

The Taiwanese frigate warned its Chinese counterpart it would be "responsible for any ensuing incident."

U.S. Navy officials confirmed the plane's transit over the Taiwan Strait, saying the aircraft traveled through international airspace.