China, US military talks aim to look for common grounds

September 29th, 2009 BEIJING - China Tuesday urged the US to create conditions for the development of stable military-to-military relations. "We hope the US cautiously handles issues of arms sales to Taiwan and vessel and plane surveillance," said Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

August 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The hopes for substantive progress in China-India border talks were "dim" as the two nations began their 13th round of boundary negotiations on Friday, experts in international studies have said. Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (r), special representative of China in Sino-Indian Boundary Talks, and his Indian counterpart, National Security Advisor M.K.

August 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday appealed to North Korea's communist regime to return to six-party talks about dismantling its nuclear weapons programme, just hours after the release of two US journalists from North Korean prison. In a statement released by his spokeswoman Michele Montas, Ban said he hoped that the dialogue between North Korea and five other countries could resume.

July 27th, 2009 US, China tout mutual goals in economic recoveryWASHINGTON — Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan says he's confident the world economic crisis is easing and his government has high expectations for even more progress in high-level talks this week with U.S. officials. Following Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in kicking off the rare high-level talks for the Washington talks, Wang said he believes the global economy "is at a critical moment of moving out of crisis and into recovery." Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner welcomed Qishan and some 150 Chinese to the talks Monday morning, saying China has gone through a remarkable economic "transformation." He said Beijing and Washington "have acted together" to help the world recover from the financial slump and that it's time to design a "green global economy." THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

July 27th, 2009 Clinton opens high-level talks with ChineseWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has opened talks with high-level Chinese officials, hailing an opportunity for better relations and saying the two countries share common interests and mutual threats. Kicking off a new dialogue with Beijing, Clinton said that the two "are laying brick by brick the foundation of a stronger relationship." She said it was time to move from "a multipolar world to a multipartner world." The talks will include discussions of the global economic slide, climate change and commercial relationships.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - China had opposed India's strategy plan at the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) because of Beijing's long-standing claim over Arunachal Pradesh, parliament was informed Wednesday. "India's country partnership strategy was discussed in the meeting of the board of executive directors of the ADB on June 15 and all member countries except China supported the document," said Preneet Kaur, minister of state for external affairs.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Almost half of those working in the field of science or any other related field in China's research institutes, universities, medical institutes, and hospitals think that cheating is "common" in the country's academic circle, suggests a survey. The study, that quizzed 30,078 participants, was headed by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST).

June 26th, 2009 BEIJING - In a step further to embolden their military relationship, Chinese Defence Minister, Liang Guanglie met Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, here on Friday. Guanglie met Air Chief Marshal Suleman, who is currently on a visit to China, and vowed to further strengthen friendship between both countries.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBERG - India and China will hold the next round of talks on the boundary dispute Aug 7-8 in New Delhi, official sources said here Monday night ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Prime Minister Singh and President Hu will discuss a host of issues relating to bilateral relations, and the boundary dispute will also figure in the talks, highly placed sources said.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Just hours ahead of the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Russian Industrial city of Yeketerinberg, senior officials in the Indian delegation on Monday chose to downplay former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major' recent comments about China as being "his independent position and not the policy statement." Officials further said that policy statements are made by Ministers and officials, only if they are entitled for the same. In May, the then IAF chief Fali Homi Major, during an interview to an English daily, was quoted to have stated that in the wake of its military expansion, China was a "bigger threat" than Pakistan.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - China, which has been leading the effort o restart six party talks with Russia, US, Japan, South and North Korea - is walking a tightrope after Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said China is "resolutely opposed" to the North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

May 6th, 2009 BEIJING - Rejecting Australian concerns that Beijing will be a major military concern in the years to come, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said its military's growth poses no threat to others. "China unswervingly sticks to peaceful development and pursues a defensive military policy," the China Daily quoted Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, as saying.

April 15th, 2009 BEIJING - In a bid to improve cross-Straits relations, China's mainland negotiator Chen Yunlin and his Taiwan counterpart Chiang Pin-kung are planning to hold a new round of talks in April or May. "The talks between the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) will focus on joint efforts to crack down on crime, regular cross-Straits flights, financial cooperation and judiciary assistance," State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Li Weiyi said at a press conference.

March 31st, 2009 BEIJING - China declared Tuesday that it desired mutually beneficial cooperation with India and it posed no threat to New Delhi. 'The leaders of China and India have already reached consensus that the two countries will not pose a threat to each other,' Xinhua quoted foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang as telling reporters here.

March 26th, 2009 BEIJING - China Thursday criticised a report by the US Defense Department on China's military strength. 'We have lodged solemn representations to the US side,' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.