Obama Administration To Hold Defense Policy Talks With China

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The Obama administration is poised to hold its first round of defense policy talks with Chinese military officials.rnPentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Deputy Assistanteecretary of Defense David Sedney will hold annual Defense Policy Coordination Talks with the People's Liberation Army in Beijing on Feb. 27-28, following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Feb. 20-22 visit to China.rnOfficials from U.S. Pacific Command, the Joint Staff, and the State Department will also participate.rn"These talks will be the first policy dialogue with the PLA under the new administration and represent an opportunity to further the dialogue with the [Chinese government] on areas of shared interest and mutual benefit," Whitman said.rnThe meeting will mark a warming in Sino-U.S. ties since last October, when China suspended senior level military-to-military exchanges to express irritation at a U.S. arms deal for Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province.