“这是我首次到访中国，但去年已经与中方有过两次会面......我们认为一个安全、有保障、繁荣且自由的印太地区与我们两国，以及所有太平洋国家的利益都息息相关。”—国防部长马蒂斯媒体简报会，2018年6月23日

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This is my first trip to China, but it does follow two meeting with interlocutors last year... 

Both our nations, we believe, and all nations in the Pacific, have an interest in a safe, secure, prosperous and free Indo-Pacific region.”  Press Gaggle by Secretary Mattis, June 23, 2018

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