By MARCUS WEISGERBER
SINGAPORE — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has emphatically called for China to partner with the United States and develop better lines of communication and collaboration on areas of mutual interest.
Speaking June 2 at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a meeting of regional defense leaders, Panetta said that broadening relations between Washington and Beijing could foster mutual trust between the two powers.
The Pentagon and China have discussed developing teams “that can work together to focus on some of these more difficult areas, such as cyber, and what we can do to exchange information,” Panetta said.
This could possibly include developing standards for the use of cyber and space technology, he said.
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