However, it appears the main focus was on getting the Chinese to resume military-to-military relations and extending an invitation for Mr. Gates to visit Beijing in 2011.
Although Sony announced Tuesday that two of its factories in China would resume production on September 19 after a two-day closure, Panasonic China instructed its factories to use their own discretion to decide whether to resume production or not, according to Chinese media report.
Her resume on an alumni website, for example, listed an early job in communications for the Chinese equivalent of the Central Intelligence Agency until it was deleted a few months ago. (The company denies this was ever true.) It will occasionally delegate second-tier senior executives for interviews, who then do not show up.