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Military ties deepened as top general visits US
www.chinanews.cn 2006-07-17 10:09:28
(Source: Xinhua)
July 17 - Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of China's Central Military
Commission (CMC), left Beijing Sunday evening for a visit to the United
States, the latest sign of closer ties between the two armed forces.
Invited by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Guo is the
highest-ranking military officer to visit the United States since 2001.
Guo ranks the second to Chairman Hu Jintao in the 11-member CMC,China's
top military authority.
China-U.S. military ties were broken off in 2001 when a Chinesefighter
aircraft was damaged by a U.S. surveillance plane over theSouth China Sea.
Guo's visit comes when China-U.S. military relations are "at the best
since 2001," said Qian Lihua, deputy director of Foreign Affairs Office
of Chinese Defense Ministry.
Qian said Guo's U.S. visit is "the most important Chinese military
exchange with another country this year."
During his stay in Washington, Guo is scheduled to hold talks with
Rumsfeld on a wide range of issues, including international and regional
security, and China-U.S. military ties. He will also meet with other
members of the U.S. administration.
In addition, the week-long U.S. visit will take Guo to U.S. military
bases and institutions.
Analysts say cooperative agreements on specific fields might come out of
Guo's U.S. visit.
"Guo's visit will help promote China-U.S. strategic trust on traditional
security, and expand cooperation on non-traditional security fields,"
said Yang Yi, director of Institute for Strategic Studies at the National
Defense University of China.
Among Guo's entourage are Political Commissar of Chinese People's
Liberation Army (PLA) Nanjing Military Area Command Lei Mingqiu, Deputy
Commander of PLA Navy Zhao Xingfa, Deputy Commander of PLA Air Force Liu
Chengjun, and Chief of Staff of PLASecond Artillery Force Yu Jixun.
Guo's visit is part of the growing high-level visits between Chinese and
U.S. armed forces over the past years.
Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and PLA Chief of Staff Liang
Guanglie visited the United States respectively in 2003 and 2004.
Last October, Rumsfeld paid an official visit to China, his first since
taking office in 2001. During his stay in Beijing, Rumsfeld visited the
PLA Second Artillery Force, which was for thefirst time opened to a
foreign military leader.
William Fallon, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, paid two visits
to China in September 2005 and May 2006.
Fallon also invited a Chinese delegation to observe a U.S. military
exercise in Guam in June, the first invitation of its kind extended by
the United States.
An exchange mechanism of multi-level officers between the two armed
forces are in place. Military institutions in China and the United States
have regular exchange programs.
The defense departments of the two countries have restored a series of
consultation mechanism on maritime security, humanitarian disaster relief
and military environmental protection.
Last month, a U.S. delegation, headed by Assistant Defense Secretary
Peter Rodman, came to Beijing for the eighth annual round of defense
consultation.
"Both sides had a number of specific ideas of new areas of cooperation or
new activities," Rodman said after the consultation.
Also last month, the flagship of U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet "Blue Ridge"
paid its fourth visit to China's economic hub Shanghai, highlighting
warming exchanges between the two navies.
However, officials with Chinese Defense Ministry said there remain some
"obstacles" preventing China-U.S. military ties from going forward, such
as the long-standing Taiwan issue and U.S. strategic distrust for China.
The U.S. congress passed some bills limiting military exchangeswith
China, as represented by the 2000 Fiscal Year Defense Authorization Act.
"From an overall point of view, positive factors in China-U.S, military
ties outweigh negative ones," said Qian, the official with Chinese
Defense Ministry.
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