US Arms Sales to Taiwan is the biggest obstacle to China-US military Ties; The first high-level dialogue on Sino-Turkey military cooperation held in Beijing; Chinese Defence Minister embarks on a foreign tour;
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    • Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said that US arms sales to Taiwan were the biggest obstacle to China-US military ties. He made this remark in a meeting with Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Command, Robert Willard, and Wallace Gregson, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asian and Pacific security affairs, who were attending the second round of China-US strategic and economic dialogues in Beijing.1

    The first High-Level Dialogue on Sino-Turkey Military Cooperation took place in Beijing on May 27, 2010. Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and Gen. Aslan Guner, the Visiting Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, co-chaired the dialogue. The two sides discussed the relations between the two militaries, the international and regional security situations, and other issues of common concern.2

    Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie visited Kazakhstan where he met his Kazakh counterpart Adilbek Dzhaksybekov. The two defence ministers agreed to upgrade cooperation between their militaries to a new level in all aspects.3 Before arriving in Kazakstan, the Chinese Defence Minister had visited Turkmenistan where he met President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Wednesday and discussed bilateral ties and cooperation in various fields.4 Meanwhile, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Chen Bingde visited Angola and met Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Friday.5

    Reports noted that an aviation division of the air force under the Guangzhou Military Area Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army organized a systematic combat exercise in south China in mid May in which IT based management system played a significant role.6 Meanwhile, the “Jingwei 2010” surveying, mapping and navigation support exercise for trans-military-area-command manoeuvre operation of group army organized by a department under the General Staff Headquarters of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been concluded in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province.7

    In other developments, a compilation on International Arms Control and Disarmament (2010 edition) was launched in Beijing on 26 May 2010. This publication, compiled by the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, includes not only a summary of the international arms control and disarmament situation in 2009, but carries special-topic articles on regional nuclear issues, weaponisation of outer space, adjustment of nuclear policies of relevant countries and anti-proliferation in the world.8

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