China suspended its military links with the United States in January 2010 after President Barack Obama's administration announced $6.3 billion worth of arms sales to Taiwan, including Patriot anti-missile systems and Apache attack helicopters. — File PhotoChina, US Grapple With Military Mistrust -- DAWN/Reuters
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: The Pentagon next week hosts the highest-level Chinese military visit to the United States since Beijing severed ties between the two armed forces in early 2010 in protest over a $6.3 billion US arms deal with Taiwan.
The visit by the General Chen Bingde, chief of the general staff of the People’s Liberation Army, and seven other generals comes amid warming Sino-US ties following President Hu Jintao’s first state visit to the United States in January, US military officials said.
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