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U.S., China to expand military exchanges amid rows over cyber security, territory
By Paul Eckert
WASHINGTON | Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:48pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States and China agreed on Monday to expand military exchanges and exercises as part of efforts to build more stable ties, despite tensions over cyber security and East Asian territorial disputes.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan spelled out plans this year for senior American officers to visit China, counter-piracy drills in waters near Somalia and a humanitarian rescue exercise near Hawaii.
Their talks at the Pentagon represent efforts by Washington and Beijing to find constructive ways to deal with strains over reported Chinese cyber-attacks against U.S. government agencies and businesses. There are also growing concerns about China's assertiveness in territorial disputes with U.S. allies in Asia, notably Japan and the Philippines.
Hagel said he and Chang wanted to build "a sustained, substantive military-to-military relationship" to bolster ties between the world's two biggest economies.
"Our goal is to build trust between our militaries through cooperation," Hagel told reporters.
Chang stressed a similar theme of cooperation with the United States in the Asia-Pacific, but also voiced concern about the U.S. policy of shoring up its military presence and revitalizing its alliances in the Pacific region.
"To a certain degree, these kinds of intensified military activities further complicated the situation in the region," the Chinese general said through an interpreter. "We hope that this strategy does not target a specific country in the region."
Without mentioning rival claimants in disputes over maritime sovereignty in the South China Sea and East China Sea, Chang said "no one should underestimate our will and determination in defending our territory, sovereignty, and maritime rights."
Hagel repeated Washington's official position that it takes no stance on East Asian maritime sovereignty questions, but insists the disputes be addressed without the use of force.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno and Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh will visit China this year, and Admiral Wu Shengli, the commander of China's navy, will travel to the United States, Hagel said.
The planned exchanges for 2013 will be followed next year by Hagel's first visit to China as Pentagon chief and China's maiden participation in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), which is hosted by the United States and billed as the world's largest international maritime warfare drill.
(Editing by Christopher Wilson)
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Chinese ships head for search exercises with US Navy as Beijing ramps up military diplomacy
By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 12:05 PM
BEIJING — Three Chinese ships are sailing east to join rare naval drills with the United States as Beijing ramps up its military diplomacy amid regional territorial disputes and other tensions.
The ships left the port of Qingdao on Tuesday to participate in search-and-rescue drills with the U.S. Navy in the waters off Hawaii. Afterward, the ships will continue on to Australia and New Zealand for similar exercises
The naval drills build on a commitment to create stronger ties made by President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a June summit in California, and are an “important mission of military diplomacy,” deputy navy commander Xu Hongmeng said, according to the military’s official newspaper, People’s Liberation Army Daily.
There have been only a handful of exercises at sea involving the two countries’ navies, and this week’s drills are the first since an unprecedented joint anti-piracy exercise was held last year off Somalia.
The ships’ departure came during a visit to the U.S. by Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, during which he and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke of expanded military cooperation. During the visit, Hagel said he would visit China next year for the first time since assuming the Pentagon’s top job in February.
The U.S. and Chinese militaries are also exchanging military officers for academic studies and holding talks on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. In 2014, China’s navy will participate for the first time in a major international maritime exercise known as Rim of the Pacific.
The expanding military ties are part of an on-again, off-again drive to build trust even as Beijing continues to express wariness over Washington’s strategic “pivot” to Asia, in which the bulk of U.S. Navy vessels are being positioned in the Pacific and broader alliances have been struck with regional allies such as Australia. China sees the moves as an effort to counter its expanding military and contain its growing economic and political influence.
China’s disputes with Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and other Asian neighbors over territorial boundaries in the South China Sea are also an irritant, even though the U.S. insists it does not take sides in territorial claims.
The Chinese navy flotilla on the current mission is made up of a supply ship, a frigate, and the guided missile destroyer Qingdao, which has taken the lead in China’s naval diplomacy with visits to 21 countries. It also includes one shipboard helicopter and 680 officers and sailors.
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U.S., China to expand military exchanges amid rows over cyber security, territory
By Paul Eckert
WASHINGTON | Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:48pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States and China agreed on Monday to expand military exchanges and exercises as part of efforts to build more stable ties, despite tensions over cyber security and East Asian territorial disputes.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan spelled out plans this year for senior American officers to visit China, counter-piracy drills in waters near Somalia and a humanitarian rescue exercise near Hawaii.
Their talks at the Pentagon represent efforts by Washington and Beijing to find constructive ways to deal with strains over reported Chinese cyber-attacks against U.S. government agencies and businesses. There are also growing concerns about China's assertiveness in territorial disputes with U.S. allies in Asia, notably Japan and the Philippines.
Hagel said he and Chang wanted to build "a sustained, substantive military-to-military relationship" to bolster ties between the world's two biggest economies.
"Our goal is to build trust between our militaries through cooperation," Hagel told reporters.
Chang stressed a similar theme of cooperation with the United States in the Asia-Pacific, but also voiced concern about the U.S. policy of shoring up its military presence and revitalizing its alliances in the Pacific region.
"To a certain degree, these kinds of intensified military activities further complicated the situation in the region," the Chinese general said through an interpreter. "We hope that this strategy does not target a specific country in the region."
Without mentioning rival claimants in disputes over maritime sovereignty in the South China Sea and East China Sea, Chang said "no one should underestimate our will and determination in defending our territory, sovereignty, and maritime rights."
Hagel repeated Washington's official position that it takes no stance on East Asian maritime sovereignty questions, but insists the disputes be addressed without the use of force.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno and Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh will visit China this year, and Admiral Wu Shengli, the commander of China's navy, will travel to the United States, Hagel said.
The planned exchanges for 2013 will be followed next year by Hagel's first visit to China as Pentagon chief and China's maiden participation in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), which is hosted by the United States and billed as the world's largest international maritime warfare drill.
(Editing by Christopher Wilson)
SUMBER
Chinese ships head for search exercises with US Navy as Beijing ramps up military diplomacy
By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 12:05 PM
BEIJING — Three Chinese ships are sailing east to join rare naval drills with the United States as Beijing ramps up its military diplomacy amid regional territorial disputes and other tensions.
The ships left the port of Qingdao on Tuesday to participate in search-and-rescue drills with the U.S. Navy in the waters off Hawaii. Afterward, the ships will continue on to Australia and New Zealand for similar exercises
The naval drills build on a commitment to create stronger ties made by President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a June summit in California, and are an “important mission of military diplomacy,” deputy navy commander Xu Hongmeng said, according to the military’s official newspaper, People’s Liberation Army Daily.
There have been only a handful of exercises at sea involving the two countries’ navies, and this week’s drills are the first since an unprecedented joint anti-piracy exercise was held last year off Somalia.
The ships’ departure came during a visit to the U.S. by Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, during which he and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke of expanded military cooperation. During the visit, Hagel said he would visit China next year for the first time since assuming the Pentagon’s top job in February.
The U.S. and Chinese militaries are also exchanging military officers for academic studies and holding talks on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. In 2014, China’s navy will participate for the first time in a major international maritime exercise known as Rim of the Pacific.
The expanding military ties are part of an on-again, off-again drive to build trust even as Beijing continues to express wariness over Washington’s strategic “pivot” to Asia, in which the bulk of U.S. Navy vessels are being positioned in the Pacific and broader alliances have been struck with regional allies such as Australia. China sees the moves as an effort to counter its expanding military and contain its growing economic and political influence.
China’s disputes with Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and other Asian neighbors over territorial boundaries in the South China Sea are also an irritant, even though the U.S. insists it does not take sides in territorial claims.
The Chinese navy flotilla on the current mission is made up of a supply ship, a frigate, and the guided missile destroyer Qingdao, which has taken the lead in China’s naval diplomacy with visits to 21 countries. It also includes one shipboard helicopter and 680 officers and sailors.
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