US-China Agree Military Talks Restart
- September 17th, 2010
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China and the US are likely to resume military exchanges before the end of the year, removing one of the disputes that has helped fan a period of rising diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
News of the agreement to resume talks emerged on Wednesday as a delegation of senior White House officials ended a three-day visit to Beijing during which both governments went out of their way to appear cordial in public despite signs of disagreements in private.
Indeed, the meetings in Beijing this week could be a prelude to renewed friction in coming weeks as the US Congress considers legislation that would allow the US to block Chinese imports on grounds of currency misalignment.
In a measure of how seriously the Chinese took the visit, the White House officials led by Lawrence Summers, US President Barack Obamas leading economic adviser, and Thomas Donilon, deputy national security adviser met Hu Jintao, president, and Wen Jiabao, premier.
In keeping with the conciliatory public tone that Beijing adopted this week, Mr Hu told the visitors that he believed the discussions had gone well and that we are willing to work together with the United States in promoting the advance of healthy and stable China-US relations.
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