More exchanges and cooperation will improve trust

What happened on Tuesday may shed light on the state of China-US military-to-military ties.

That morning, the Naval Station May port in Jacksonville, Florida, welcomed three vessels of the PLA Navy, which are on an around-the-world tour after completing their anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. These were the first PLA Navy vessels to pay a call to a port on the East Coast of the United States.

On the same day, the Peace Ark, the PLA Navy hospital ship, paid a port call to San Diego, California.