Chinese experts urge better understanding

BEIJING - Chinese foreign and military affairs experts said that trust between China and the United States still remains at the low level of avoiding military conflicts.

"The lack of mutual trust is commonly recognized by both sides. But we still have a certain degree of it. For instance, we will not use the military against each other. But this is trust at a very low level," said Da Wei, an expert on Sino-US relations from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR).

Reaching a high level of mutual trust would be difficult due to the two nations' different political systems and stages of development, Da said.