WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called for more “transparency” from China’s military and expanding security ties between the two powers as he hosted leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Feb. 14.
After an elaborate Pentagon ceremony for China’s vice president, Panetta said the United States wanted to build military relations between Washington and Beijing to ensure “stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.”
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