CHINA-US: DEFENCE CONTACT

Chinese Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, disclosed on July 30 at an embassy event in Washington celebrating the anniversary of the PLA’s founding, that PLA Navy Commander Vice Admiral Shen Jinlong, will accompany Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on the latter's visit to the US later this year. It will be the first face-to-face meeting between Shen Jinlong, former Commander of China’s South Sea Fleet and his US counterpart, Admiral John Richardson, chief of naval operations and former head of the US Navy’s submarine force. The date of the visit was not disclosed.





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