USA: U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DONALD RUMSFELD MEETS CHINESE DEFENCE MINISTER CAO GANGCHUAN.

Record ID: 184781

  • Title: USA: U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DONALD RUMSFELD MEETS CHINESE DEFENCE MINISTER CAO GANGCHUAN.
  • Date: 29th October 2003
  • Summary: (U7) WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 28) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MV/GV/PAN: U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DONALD RUMSFELD AND CHINESE DEFENCE MINISTER CAO GANGCHUAN SHAKE HANDS AND WALK UP STEPS INTO PENTAGON 0.27 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 13th November 2003 12:00
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  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA4VVSBZ0GI2NXA6FPCL48HDZ7F
  • Story Text: Rumsfeld and Chinese Defense Minister renew
    relations in Washington


    U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld met with
    Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan on Tuesday (October
    28) at the Pentagon in an attempt to reinvigorate
    U.S.-China relations.

    General Cao is the first Chinese defence minister to
    visit Washington since a Chinese fighter and a U.S. spy
    plane collided in April 2001. After the crash, Secretary
    of Defence Rumsfeld cut military-to-military relations with
    China. The administration was angered that the Chinese
    government imprisoned 24 crew members for 11 days on Hainan
    Island. Upon the crew's release, China did not allow the
    U.S. to fly the damaged plane off the island, and insisted
    that it be removed in pieces and reassembled in the United
    States.

    In addition, relations between the two countries have
    been strained since the U.S. severed ties after China's
    crackdown on student protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989.



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