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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese defense minister visits MSDF Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is officially welcomed by Maritime Self-Defense Force officers during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense chief to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese defense minister inspects Japanese warship at Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan tours a Japanese destroyer during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Masahiko Komura are in talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 30.

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, accompanied by his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura, returns salute to the guards of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry on Aug. 30.

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Masahiko Komura pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Defense Ministry on Aug. 30.

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Chinese defense minister arrives in Japan for talks with Komura

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 29 for a five-day visit featuring talks with his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura, the first meeting between defense ministers of the two countries in four years.

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China says defense minister to visit Japan, Philippines

BEIJING, China - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (in file photo) will pay official visits to Japan and the Philippines from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Aug. 23. Cao's visit to Japan will be the first by a Chinese defense minister in nine and a half years, in yet another sign of improvement in relations between the two countries.

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China, U.S. agree to open defense hot line

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (2nd L) and Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (2nd R) meet at the Defense Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 5. Gates said he and Cao agreed to set up a direct telephone hot line between their defense ministries.

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China, U.S. agree to open defense hot line

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R), accompanied by Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (C), reviews a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 5 prior to their meeting at the ministry. Gates told reporters later that he and Cao agreed to set up a direct telephone hot line between their defense ministries.

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Chinese National Defense Minister Cao to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) welcomes Zhang Qinsheng, Chinese People's Liberation Army Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, for talks at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 29. They agreed to realize a visit to Japan by Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan sometime in 2007, which will end a stalemate of more than three years of top-level defense exchanges between the two countries.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld in Beijing

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R), accompanied by Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, inspects an honor guard during his welcoming ceremony at the Chinese Defense Ministry in Beijing on Oct. 19. (Pool photo)

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Japan's defense chief Ishiba meets Chinese counterpart

BEIJING, China - Japanese Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba (R), flanked by Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, reviews honor guards in a welcoming ceremony in Beijing on Sept. 3.

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Chinese National Defense Minister Cao to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) welcomes Zhang Qinsheng, Chinese People's Liberation Army Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, for talks at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 29. They agreed to realize a visit to Japan by Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan sometime in 2007, which will end a stalemate of more than three years of top-level defense exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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China says defense minister to visit Japan, Philippines

BEIJING, China - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (in file photo) will pay official visits to Japan and the Philippines from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Aug. 23. Cao's visit to Japan will be the first by a Chinese defense minister in nine and a half years, in yet another sign of improvement in relations between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense minister arrives in Japan for talks with Komura

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 29 for a five-day visit featuring talks with his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura, the first meeting between defense ministers of the two countries in four years. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, accompanied by his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura, returns salute to the guards of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Masahiko Komura pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Defense Ministry on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Masahiko Komura are in talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense minister inspects Japanese warship at Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan tours a Japanese destroyer during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense minister visits MSDF Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is officially welcomed by Maritime Self-Defense Force officers during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense chief to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Nukaga meets Chinese defense minister

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga (L) holds talks with Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan in Beijing on Feb. 12 as part of bilateral efforts to promote defense exchanges. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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China, U.S. agree to open defense hot line

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R), accompanied by Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (C), reviews a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 5 prior to their meeting at the ministry. Gates told reporters later that he and Cao agreed to set up a direct telephone hot line between their defense ministries. (Kyodo)

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China, U.S. agree to open defense hot line

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (2nd L) and Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (2nd R) meet at the Defense Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 5. Gates said he and Cao agreed to set up a direct telephone hot line between their defense ministries. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld in Beijing

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (R), accompanied by Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, inspects an honor guard during his welcoming ceremony at the Chinese Defense Ministry in Beijing on Oct. 19. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan's defense chief Ishiba meets Chinese counterpart

BEIJING, China - Japanese Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba (R), flanked by Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, reviews honor guards in a welcoming ceremony in Beijing on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)