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While Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao was in Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was in Beijing meeting with his counterpart, Chinese Defense Minister and People's Liberation Army General Cao Gangchuan. He also met with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Secretary Gates said on November 5 in Beijing that he and Gen. Cao had "reached broad consensus" and had "discussed ways to build on positive momentum in our defense relations." They agreed, he said, to set up a direct telephone "hot line," as well as to increase exchanges between their defense establishments, military schools and young officers, and to hold joint humanitarian and disaster relief exercises.
However, Gates made little progress on issues such as U.S. calls for Beijing to lift the veil of ...
Source: HighBeam Research, U.S., China seek closer military ties, agree on Taiwan.(Inside...