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Asian gazing (part II): the US jabs China
Posted By Graeme Dobell on June 3, 2013 @ 06:30
While the U.S. and China will have our differences – on human rights, Syria, and regional security issues in Asia – the key is for these differences to be addressed on the basis of a continuous and respectful dialogue. It also requires building trust and reducing the risk of miscalculation, particularly between our militaries.
We are also clear-eyed about the challenges in cyber. The United States has expressed our concerns about the growing threat of cyber intrusions, some of which appear to be tied to the Chinese government and military. As the world’s two largest economies, the US and China have many areas of common interest and concern, and the establishment of a cyber working group is a positive step in fostering U.S.-China dialogue on cyber. We are determined to work more vigorously with China and other partners to establish international norms of responsible behaviour in cyberspace.
I've invited the Chinese Minister of Defence to Washington in August. I'll be meeting with the Chinese delegation in Singapore. These are issues that we're going to continue to deal with, frame up, put right at the top of the agenda...we intend to use all these venues and that closer cooperation and closer venue building to hopefully get us in a position where we can get some better understanding, clearer understanding, of what these rules of the road are, what governments' responsibilities are.
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[2] Shangri-La speech by the new US Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel: http://www.defense.gov/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1785
[3] US Defense Science Board report: http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-27/world/39554997_1_u-s-missile-defenses-weapons-combat-aircraft
[4] in-flight briefing: http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=5250
[5] Wikimedia Commons.: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_gestures_toward_a_reporter_waiting_to_ask_questions_as_he_and_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Gen._Martin_E._Dempsey_brief_the_media_in_the_Pentagon_Briefing_Room,_March_28,_2013.jpg