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Monday, July 17, 2006

China`s top General visits US to boost military ties

As Chinese President Hu Jintao met his US counterpart George W Bush today in St Petersburg, Beijing sent its top General to Washington to enhance mutual trust between the two militaries in the first such visit since the tense military standoff in 2001.

Gen Guo Boxiong, Vice Chairman of China`s Central Military Commission (CMC), left Beijing today for a visit to US at the invitation of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Guo is the highest-ranking Chinese military officer to visit the United States since 2001, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Guo ranks second to Chairman Hu Jintao in the 11-member CMC, China`s top military organ.

Sino-US military ties were broken off in 2001 when a Chinese fighter aircraft was damaged by a US surveillance plane over the South China sea.

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