14.07.2011 - 00:24 [ The Wall Street Journal ]

U.S., China Military Chiefs Take Steps Toward Thaw

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrapped up a four-day visit to China with a rare visit to a submarine base on an island off the country‘s eastern coast, a day after being given access for the first time to a Su-27, one of China‘s most advanced operational fighter jets.