The commander of US forces in the Pacific says there has been a softening in the attitude of the Chinese navy, expressing the hope that military relations could be improving after a rocky past two years.
“There has been a retrenchment . . . by the Chinese Navy such that while we continue to experience their shadowing of some of our ships that are operating in these waters, we have not seen the same level of assertiveness in 2011 that we witnessed in 2010,” Admiral Robert Willard told senators at a hearing on Tuesday.
He added: “I take [this] as a positive, especially given the fact that we have [military-to-military] relations that have recommenced to a modest extent, and perhaps we can make an advance in that regard.”
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