China and the United States agreed yesterday to step up military exchanges at all levels after talks between the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific and Chinese military leaders.
"As an important part of bilateral relations, China-US military ties have gradually been restored and developed in recent years," Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan told U.S. Admiral William Fallon.
China-U.S. military ties were broken off in 2001 when a Chinese fighter aircraft was rammed and damaged by a U.S. surveillance plane over the South China Sea.
Fallon's visit, the second to China since he assumed his post last February, was expected to help warm U.S. military ties with China.
The planned 45-minute meeting between Cao and Fallon was extended to 90 minutes in order to cover a wide range of issues, sources with the Chinese Defense Ministry said.
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