WORLD IN BRIEF : CHINA : U.S. Resumes High Military Contacts
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The United States said it is resuming high-level military contacts suspended after the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tian An Men Square. Charles Freeman, assistant secretary of defense for regional security affairs, is in Beijing for talks with military officials, a U.S. Embassy statement said. He is the latest in a series of U.S. officials visiting China to try to iron out differences over human rights, trade and arms proliferation.
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