[Global Times reporter Guo Yuandan Ma Qingyan Global Times Special Correspondent Ren Zhong] On the 20th, State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe had a phone call with US Secretary of Defense Austin at the request. It has been nearly 21 months since the last phone call between the defense ministers of China and the United States was in August 2020 between Wei Fenghe and the Trump administ