BEIJING, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Chinese and U.S. defense experts discussed military ties between the two countries despite a freeze on military exchanges since January, officials said.
A senior Chinese general met with the head of a leading U.S. think tank Thursday to discuss the building of strong military ties, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
"A sound and stable China-U.S. military relationship is good for bilateral strategic trust and regional peace and stability," Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ma Xiaotian told John Hamre, president of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Hamre, who served as the U.S. deputy secretary of defense during the Clinton administration, is in China at the invitation of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations.
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