China, Japan resume defense dialogue

BEIJING - China and Japan agreed to maintain stability in the East China Sea and promote the early establishment of a maritime liaison system, as the two sides resumed their bilateral vice-ministerial defense dialogue on Tuesday in Tokyo.

Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, held talks with Kimito Nakae, Japan's vice-minister of defense, at the ninth bilateral vice-ministerial defense dialogue.

The two sides agreed to strengthen communication and cooperation, promote the early establishment of a maritime liaison system in the East China Sea and maintain the stability of the East China Sea, according to Xinhua News Agency.