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People’s Liberation Army Chief of Staff and the U.S. will exchange gifts

newspaper freelance writer Wang Shuo

should the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen invited, the PLA Chief of Staff Chen Bingde will lead a delegation on the evening of May 15 local time, arrived in Washington a week-long official visit. The U.S. military for the first time in seven years, the PLA Chief of General Staff again after the visit to the high privileges, such as red carpet to greet and open four major military bases. However, two anonymous Pentagon officials said the visit more reflected in the symbolism, the fundamental bottleneck military exchanges there is no breakthrough.

PLA delegation has highlights

Xinhua News Agency, Chen Bingde Washington Dulles airport in a written statement, to maintain a healthy, stable, reliable military relations, bilateral relations will provide long-term role in promoting stability and development. His visit is the PLA Chief of General Staff visited the United States again after a lapse of seven years, the purpose is to implement President Hu Jintao and President Obama on the development of military relations reached important consensus to promote the establishment of the second decade of the 21st century of mutual respect, New Sino-US military cooperation and mutually beneficial relationship.

have access to the Second Artillery Corps, accompanied by Chen Bingde political commissar Zhang Haiyang, assistant chief of staff Qi Jianguo, deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, Zheng Qin, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region and East China Sea Fleet commander of the Soviet Union supporting the front, Jinan Military Region Deputy Air Force commander and commander of the Jinan Military Region Zhang Jianping, Yang Hui, Minister of the General Staff Intelligence Department of Defense Foreign Affairs Office of the Deputy Director of Friends of flying off and so on.

visit Chinese military delegation from the point of view, both the headquarters responsible for operations, intelligence, foreign affairs, senior generals, there are four branches of the three military officials. In addition, the Second Artillery political commissar Zhang Haiyang accompanying tour, is looking forward to the U.S. for many years head of the Second Artillery Corps director to visit the United States, called a breakthrough. In addition, the General Staff Intelligence Minister Yang Hui accompanying tour, is unprecedented, will help the two armies exchange intelligence, reduce unnecessary strategic miscalculation and misreading.

just after the opening of Sino-US military hotline four times

two Pentagon officials who requested anonymity for the U.S. Fox News, said Mullen general expectations Chinese military visit to achieve between the two senior military officers in regular contact, such as through the hotline talks. Sino-US military hotline since April 10, 2008 after the opening, only used 4 times, 1 time or the date of opening, Meifang Zhang Gates congratulated Liang Chinese defense minister will be appointed. After a very long time been in a “quiet” state, even in 2009 the Sino-US conflict in the South China Sea (referred to as “flawless” incident), the U.S. announced arms sales to Taiwan and so on, this line has not come in handy.

to know the establishment of Sino-US military hotline, but the result of U.S. efforts to ten years. Former U.S. Pacific commander Admiral 约瑟夫普吕厄 said, gave birth to the direct cause of Sino-US military hotline is the 1996 “Taiwan Strait crisis.” At that time, Taiwan’s presidential election triggered by the tension so that the U.S. military “guard.” How to enhance China-US mutual trust, the Pentagon has become the focus of the next few years. But the embassy was attacked by the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia and the impact of the Sino-US plane collision incident the South China Sea, Sino-US military exchanges on this subject failed to start properly. Until early 2004, the United States has repeatedly expressed the desire to establish a direct call mechanism. Representatives of the Chinese military in June 2007 to attend the sixth Asia Security Conference, said China-US military hotline will be established as soon as possible to finalize the specific programs. February 29, 2008, China and the U.S. Department of Defense “on the establishment of direct secure telephone communication line agreement” signed into effect, brewing more than 10 years of Sino-US military hotline “to fruition.”

but the effort it took ten years to establish the Sino-US military hotline, after the opening in the “quiet” state, is clearly inconsistent with the United States in mind. Ryder Pentagon spokesman, said: “We believe that the use of direct telephone conversation to establish a more general discussion is essential, which will help both sides to maintain communication, therefore, General Chen’s visit, the two sides will discuss how to strengthen Sino-US military hotline use. “

arms sales to Taiwan is still the main obstacle

However, several U.S. media are reminded, can not expect let the Sino-US military exchanges visit a qualitative leap, because some are difficult to break through the bottleneck. U.S. “Stars and Stripes”, said since 1980, since the normalization of Sino-US relations, military exchanges was interrupted and restarted six times. 30 years at least 10 years, the two sides did not come into contact. As the mistrust and lack of communication, both sides are suspect each other’s military capabilities and intentions, thus making it difficult to understand each other’s moves, such as Washington will not stop arms sales to Taiwan, Beijing would not give up on North Korea’s support.

the U.S. Fox News that the arms sales to Taiwan is a major obstacle to the development of military relations. On May 13, Taiwan “president” Ma Ying-jeou has called on the United States as soon as possible to sell F-16C/D fighters and diesel-electric submarines, to “counter the mainland threat.” And once Washington announced the sale of such weapons, U.S. military relations must down to freezing point.

Voice of America 16, said Pentagon officials April 13 in the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission testified that China’s military exchanges with the United States may be interrupted concerns will not affect Washington Taiwan arms sales decision-making. U.S. Secretary of Defense Office of the Chief Officer David Heer Wei East Policy, said Obama understands the Chinese authorities against such sales, but will still be under the “Taiwan Relations Act” to provide Taiwan with “self-defense equipment.”

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