US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called for deeper military ties with  Beijing, telling a top Chinese general on Tuesday that it was time to end a  pattern of “on-again, off-again” relations.
In a meeting with General Xu  Caihou (徐才厚), China’s second-ranking officer, Gates stressed the need to  preserve a lasting dialogue between the US and Chinese militaries regardless of  disputes or policy differences, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell  said.



 
 



 
  
		