Beijing urges new US administration to strengthen military ties

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Updated January 20, 2009 22:11:38

With a new administration taking office in the United States under Barack Obama, China is urging America to work closer with it on military affairs. This comes just months after China demanded the US cancel a multi billion dollar arms deal with Taiwan.

Presenter: Zulfikar Abbany
Speaker: Colonel Hu Changming, senior Chinese defence spokesperson; Allan Behm, independent security analyst and former Australian government adviser, Canberra

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