CHINA’S SECOND ARTILLERY COMMANDER ACCEPTED INVITATION TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES

United States, "The Wall Street Journal" website reported January 12, Gates, China discuss nuclear strategy.

12, U.S. officials said Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited China a major military base, the two countries on China's nuclear officials began a dialogue strategy.

Gates visited China's nuclear missile command of the PLA Second Artillery Force headquarters. In the following brief remarks to reporters, Gates said his discussions with Chinese military leaders of China's nuclear strategy and conflict, "the general attitude", "we do not discuss their first-use (nuclear weapons) policy and command and control problems. I think this is a very comprehensive, very frank talk. " U.S. defense officials said, as once again tried to persuade the Chinese military more open in their nuclear arsenals as part of efforts to Gates's visit is of great significance.

Central News Agency reported that visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, this morning visited the Second Artillery headquarters. This is the second in 2005 after Donald Rumsfeld, the second visit to China's strategic missile forces of the United States Secretary of Defense.

Full name is the People's Liberation Army Second Artillery's strategic missile forces, referred to as "the Second Artillery Corps."

Gates and the Second Artillery Corps, commander of the 12th General Jing Zhiyuan met and listened to China's nuclear policy and nuclear strategy aspects, understand the latest development of Chinese missiles.

United States Strategic Command by the end of October 2009 have been invited to the Chinese Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Xu. This is the first senior Chinese military leaders allowed to visit the U.S. Strategic Command.

United States, "Washington Post" Web site, Chinese general to visit the U.S. base, which is the US-China military relations between the small signs of easing.

China's nuclear missile forces commander has accepted the invitation to visit the United States. This is the United States in efforts to improve US-China military relations have made small but significant breakthrough.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that Jing Zhiyuan, commander of Chinese Second Artillery Corps has accepted him to visit the U.S. Strategic Command headquarters in the invitation. Gates is a three-day trip to China last day of the announced it, this is his first visit in three years.

U.S. officials have for decades been the invitation Jing Zhiyuan and his predecessor, but they all refused.

Jing Zhiyuan Gates accepted the invitation, a highlights tour of China. Gates's visit to China aimed at restoring the United States and high-level military talks.

Gates 12, when visiting the Great Wall visit, expressed satisfaction that visit "fruitful" and said access "to military relations between the two countries reached a new height to create the conditions."

January 10, Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Liang held a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited China.

Expected to start a new dialogue mechanism

Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao," reported that Chinese President and CMC Chairman Hu Jintao, 11, met visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the two sides to further enhance mutual trust to convey the information. Hu affirmed Sino-US relations, "the whole show a good momentum of stable development", hoped that the two defense departments to enhance strategic mutual trust and developing healthy and stable military relations.

Gates, 12, the media exposed the evening, China and the U.S. is expected to start in the first half of the new strategic security dialogue mechanism, the scope will go beyond the current armed forces to the sea-based defense dialogue, and covers, including nuclear weapons, missile defense, network warfare and space the subject of military use.

According to the Associated Press quoted Gates introduced, although Chinese officials only said they would consider the proposal, but he believes that China's political and military leaders "are taken seriously," his proposal.

Sino-US military exchanges suspended 10 months later, Gates is considered the visit a sign of warming relations between the two armies, but also in front of Hu Jintao's visit next week warm-up bedding, and the visit to the U.S. stance weathervane. In 2010, Sino-US relations have on arms sales to Taiwan, the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula crisis, after many twists and turns, highlights the structural problems of bilateral relations. Therefore, the two heads of state meeting will be how to reshape the strategic mutual trust, China's leaders how to interpret the current Sino-US relations concern.

Bloomberg said the U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates 12, left China, he will take away their Chinese counterparts to improve the military relations of the guarantee. Impede bilateral relations over the years of uncertainty also affected the military relations.

Gates by the Chinese military and civilian leaders to consider high-level dialogue on security issues a guarantee, he praised their "bundle" North Korea's constructive action. At the same time, Chinese officials do not want to perform a specific timetable.

His 12th visit to the Chinese military's nuclear force headquarters, the head of the United States is not the first time the military. He would also like to fly and some Great Wall. Then Gates will be two-day visit to Tokyo, where Japanese officials in the face of the rise of China are watching the case of the United States in the region durability.

Gates praised China for helping to prevent a further escalation of inter-Korean confrontation. He also claimed that the pursuit of North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons into the United States it took a "direct threat" to the road.

Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea Research Professor Kim Young-hyun (sound) said that Gates has a special component of speech, as these statements from the U.S. defense chief. He said: "The United States is posed by the increasing emphasis on North Korea a real threat, but in the past North Korea is seen as a potential concern. Bill Gates is in the send a message to China that China needs to play a greater constraints regarding North Korea role. "

Gates trip to China to gain something

Russian news agency reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates ended his trip to China. On the surface, this visit is a courtesy, not achieved important results, but this is Hu Jintao's visit next week to prepare the necessary steps.

If you study the details, you can find many interesting factors. In fact, this visit is related to revaluation of the nature of Sino-US relations. Obama began to seriously study the issue after China and Asia, to carrying out the revaluation. Obama will now appear new, second edition China policy, the first edition of its China policy is not effective.

Commerce Secretary's visit to Beijing is not, but the defense, they are not. The reason is that now both are in the United States or China 70s of last century the situation of US-Soviet relations: on the one hand, the arms race against each other; the other hand, the absence of any rules of the game, this contest will be very dangerous to continue.

Taiwan issue has risen to the world's largest and second largest strategic balance between the power level. In fact, Washington and Beijing are learning to have a dialogue.

United States estimates that Gates's trip to Beijing is Obama's idea. But China's response to this very indifferent and reluctant. This is important. U.S. decision to learn to dialogue with China. In recent months (just a U.S. aircraft carrier, when gathered in China's coastal areas), there is no effective dialogue between the two countries.

10, Gates met with Chinese counterpart Liang's remarks after the visit can be said that the results of the two countries should learn to avoid "misunderstandings" and "miscarriage of justice." It appears that US-China relations will be positioned at this point: must learn to dialogue with each other, correct each other's strategic potential judgments. Do not how not OK.

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