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ASEAN, China defense ministers' meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) and Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh (L) leave after an informal meeting of defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China in Phnom Penh on May 29, 2012.

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China, Philippines to ease tension in maritime conflict

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin speaks during a press conference after the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting in Phnom Penh on May 29, 2012. Gazmin said he and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie have agreed to ease tensions in their countries' maritime conflict in the South China Sea.

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Japan, China, defense ministers

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (1st from L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (1st from R) meet on the sidelines of the annual Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 4, 2011.

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Japan, China, defense ministers

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie shake hands ahead of their meeting on the sidelines of the annual Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 4, 2011.

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Defense ministers of China, ASEAN meet

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (C) talks with defense ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations during breakfast in Jakarta on May 20, 2011.

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie attend a welcoming ceremony for the U.S. defense chief in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties.

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (C) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (L) attend a welcoming ceremony for the U.S. defense chief in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties.

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie attend a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China defense chiefs affirm importance of avoiding conflicts

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie shake hands as they meet in Hanoi on Oct. 11, 2010. They reaffirmed the importance of establishing early a bilateral liaison mechanism to prevent conflicts at sea, keeping in mind the disputed Senkaku Islands, and agreed on promoting strategic mutually beneficial relations.

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Chinese defense chief on board high-tech Japanese Aegis vessel

SASEBO, Japan - China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (L) is greeted by crew members of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Chokai in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2009, before he boards the vessel equipped with the Aegis combat system.

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Chinese defense chief on board high-tech Japanese Aegis vessel

SASEBO, Japan - China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (L) is greeted by a senior official of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force as he visits Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2009, to board the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis destroyer Chokai.

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Chinese defense chief visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) reviews a guard of honor at the Japanese Defense Ministry with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. Japan and China agreed to deepen defense exchanges by holding a joint naval drill for search and rescue operations for the first time.

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs meet to deepen exchanges

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (R) holds talks with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie (L) at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hatoyama meets with Chinese defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) holds talks with Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009.

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs meet to deepen exchanges

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (R) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie before their talks at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hatoyama meets with Chinese defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009.

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China defense chief visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (C) reviews a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony near the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2009. Liang became the first Chinese defense chief to visit North Korea since 2006. Walking beside Liang was Kim Yong Chun, minister of the North Korean People's Armed Forces.

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China defense chief visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie greets North Korean military officers near the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2009. Liang became the first Chinese defense chief to visit North Korea since 2006. Walking beside Liang was Kim Yong Chun (L), minister of the North Korean People's Armed Forces.

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China defense chief visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) shakes hands with North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Yong Chun near the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2009.

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Japan, China agree to step up bilateral defense exchanges

BEIJING, China - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) and Adm. Keiji Akahoshi, chief of staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, shake hands before their talks at China's National Defense Ministry in Beijing on July 14. Akahoshi is the first top MSDF officer to visit China.

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (2nd from L) attends talks with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (2nd from L) and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie (2nd from R) hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (2nd from R) attends talks with his Japanese counterpart Yasukazu Hamada at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Chinese military officials to visit Japan by year-end

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Defense Minister Kohei Masuda (L) and Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie shake hands in Beijing on March 31 as Masuda pays a courtesy call on Liang.

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (2nd from L) attends talks with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (2nd from L) and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie (2nd from R) hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (2nd from R) attends talks with his Japanese counterpart Yasukazu Hamada at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Chinese military officials to visit Japan by year-end

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Defense Minister Kohei Masuda (L) and Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie shake hands in Beijing on March 31 as Masuda pays a courtesy call on Liang. (Kyodo)

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China defense chief visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie greets North Korean military officers near the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2009. Liang became the first Chinese defense chief to visit North Korea since 2006. Walking beside Liang was Kim Yong Chun (L), minister of the North Korean People's Armed Forces. (Kyodo)

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China defense chief visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) shakes hands with North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Yong Chun near the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2009. (Kyodo)

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China defense chief visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (C) reviews a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony near the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2009. Liang became the first Chinese defense chief to visit North Korea since 2006. Walking beside Liang was Kim Yong Chun, minister of the North Korean People's Armed Forces. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China defense chiefs affirm importance of avoiding conflic

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie shake hands as they meet in Hanoi on Oct. 11, 2010. They reaffirmed the importance of establishing early a bilateral liaison mechanism to prevent conflicts at sea, keeping in mind the disputed Senkaku Islands, and agreed on promoting strategic mutually beneficial relations. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, defense ministers

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (1st from L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (1st from R) meet on the sidelines of the annual Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, defense ministers

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie shake hands ahead of their meeting on the sidelines of the annual Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN, China defense ministers' meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) and Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh (L) leave after an informal meeting of defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China in Phnom Penh on May 29, 2012. (Kyodo)

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China, Philippines to ease tension in maritime conflict

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin speaks during a press conference after the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting in Phnom Penh on May 29, 2012. Gazmin said he and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie have agreed to ease tensions in their countries' maritime conflict in the South China Sea. (Kyodo)

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Defense ministers of China, ASEAN meet

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (C) talks with defense ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations during breakfast in Jakarta on May 20, 2011. (Kyodo)

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie attend a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie attend a welcoming ceremony for the U.S. defense chief in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties. (Kyodo)

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (C) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (L) attend a welcoming ceremony for the U.S. defense chief in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense chief on board high-tech Japanese Aegis vessel

SASEBO, Japan - China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (L) is greeted by crew members of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Chokai in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2009, before he boards the vessel equipped with the Aegis combat system. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense chief on board high-tech Japanese Aegis vessel

SASEBO, Japan - China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (L) is greeted by a senior official of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force as he visits Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2009, to board the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis destroyer Chokai. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense chief visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) reviews a guard of honor at the Japanese Defense Ministry with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. Japan and China agreed to deepen defense exchanges by holding a joint naval drill for search and rescue operations for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meets with Chinese defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) holds talks with Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meets with Chinese defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Chinese National Defense Minister Liang Guanglie at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs meet to deepen exchanges

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (R) holds talks with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie (L) at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs meet to deepen exchanges

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (R) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie before their talks at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japan, China agree to step up bilateral defense exchanges

BEIJING, China - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) and Adm. Keiji Akahoshi, chief of staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, shake hands before their talks at China's National Defense Ministry in Beijing on July 14. Akahoshi is the first top MSDF officer to visit China. (Kyodo)