China’s move in January to halt interaction with the U.S. military over arms sales to Taiwan “makes little sense” and threatens regional security, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. ...
“There is a real cost to any absence of military-to- military relations,” Gates said today at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue forum. “They are essential to regional security.”
Me? I'm perfectly happy that the exchanges are halted. May the Chinese stay angry enough to refuse to participate.
I think the exchanges only benefit China and give them the idea that they can beat us. The Chinese just haven't learned what we want to teach them.
