US invitation to enhance trust
By Cheng Guangjin | China Daily | Updated: 2012-09-19 08:09
Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (right) and US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta take part in a joint news conference after meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. Wu Zhiyi / China Daily |
The Pentagon invited China to join the next Rim of the Pacific Exercise in 2014, in a bid to lessen Beijing's concerns about the US' Asia-Pacific strategy as that country's defense chief kicked off his first visit to China.
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