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Military diplomacy helps China's peaceful rise
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-12-29 21:03
In October, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid his first visit to
China since his taking up the post in January 2001.During his stay, Chinese
President Hu Jintao, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission Guo
Boxiong and Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan met or held talks with him.
Rumsfeld also visited the PLA Second Artillery Force, which is the first time
that the force was open to a foreign military leader.
"The China trip of Rumsfeld is a very important one that helps to increase
mutual trust and upgrade the Sino-US military relations," the article says. Both
sides realized that they should further strengthen cooperation through academy
education, personnel exchange and mutual fleet visits.
Prior to that, Defense Ministries of China and the United States held their
seventh round of consultation on defense at vice-ministerial level on April
28-29 in Washington.
The two sides reached lots of consensus and agreed to strengthen military
exchanges and promote mutual trust in the coming year.
"China-Russia military relationship has also witnessed stable development
this year, which can be marked by their first-ever joint military drill in
August." the article says.
"The success of the joint military exercise is an important embodiment of
deeper Sino-Russian military security cooperation. It has further enriched the
content of the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership," it says.
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