BEIJING: The chief of a US congressional delegation to China warned Tuesday (Sep 23) of the “threat of a misunderstanding” between the 2 international locations’ militaries as advances in defence expertise transfer at breakneck pace.
Adam Smith, essentially the most senior Democrat on Washington’s Armed Providers Committee, informed journalists in Beijing that China wants to speak extra about its navy with different international powers “for primary de-confliction”.
“We have seen this with our ships, our planes, their ships, their planes coming solely too shut to 1 one other,” he stated at a information convention on the US Embassy.
“We have to have a greater dialog about de-conflicting these issues.”
The four-person delegation additionally contains different members of the identical Armed Providers Committee, Democrats Ro Khanna and Chrissy Houlahan, in addition to Republican congressman Michael Baumgartner, a member of the Overseas Affairs Committee.
The group on Monday met Chinese language Defence Minister Dong Jun, with whom they talked concerning the significance of “working by way of our variations” and extra candid dialogue, in keeping with an announcement from the US aspect.
Dong known as on the guests to “take away disruptive and restrictive components” between them, China’s Xinhua state information company reported.
Talking on Tuesday alongside the opposite lawmakers and the US Ambassador to China, David Perdue, Smith stated: “AI and drone warfare and cyber and area is transferring so quickly and innovation is going on so shortly.
