A Chinese military official said Tuesday that China's military hardware development is not aimed at any other country while talking about the reported test flight of the J-20 stealth fighter jet.
Militaries seek to 'reduce miscalculation'
Gates' positive attitude adds depth to talks
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Tuesday afternoon in Beijing, urging the two militaries to deepen strategic trust.
China and the US on Monday agreed to jointly reduce the risk of "miscalculation" between the two powerful armed forces, as they restore military ties frayed by a massive US arms deal to Taiwan a year ago.
China and the US began efforts to thaw what has been a military-to-military relationship of peaks and valleys, and while Chinese experts said they were uncertain where relations were headed, they said the recent meeting helped re-establish contact between the two.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has urged some US politicians to rule out the mindset of viewing ties between the two countries as "a zero-sum game", saying it is "an outdated stereotyped notion".
China and the US resumed their once-stalled defense consultations Thursday in Washington in a further sign of the thawing of a stalled military-to-military ties between the two countries after a massive arms sale plan was announced by the US to Taiwan earlier.
China on Thursday expressed its firm opposition to a US congressional resolution on convicted Chinese criminal Liu Xiaobo, winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, and urged US lawmakers to change "arrogant and rude" attitude. Not a noble way of involving China
China will work with the United States to enhance dialogue, exchanges and cooperation, properly handle differences and sensitive issues to push forward bilateral ties, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said here Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates agreed to further promote China-US relations at a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday morning.
The United States and China are at a point to establish a new collaborative relationship to deal with the possible conflicts emerging between the two big economies which happen to be two big militaries in the world, said analysts from the US think tank.
President Hu Jintao told US President Barack Obama that the situation on the Korean Peninsula may spiral out of control if not handled properly, during a telephone conversation on Monday.
ROK starts live-fire exercise
Senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the US government held discussions here Wednesday on exchanges between the CPC and major US political parties.