Charles Freeman runs the China program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

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In a speech on Monday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, General Xu pledged "unremitting efforts" to build China's military relationship with the United States, because,he said,it is an important part of one of the most important bi-lateral relationships in the world.

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But Vincent Sabathier of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, says China is being careful not to rile America by talking of a space race.

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"The U.S. has to be cautious in expecting a major breakthrough on North Korea out of the new Chinese leadership, " said Christopher Johnson, a former CIA analyst who is now a China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

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