{"id":52375,"date":"2018-05-31T21:04:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T21:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/31\/why-china-still-encourages-contacts-with-the-us-military-despite-exclusion-from-major-naval-exercise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:40:00","slug":"why-china-still-encourages-contacts-with-the-us-military-despite-exclusion-from-major-naval-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/31\/why-china-still-encourages-contacts-with-the-us-military-despite-exclusion-from-major-naval-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Why China still encourages contacts with the US military despite exclusion from major naval exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 China\u2019s Defense Ministry on Thursday said it hoped for continued exchanges with the American military despite being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/23\/china-was-just-uninvited-from-rimpac-heres-why\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">disinvited from a major U.S.-sponsored naval exercise<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang also said the sides remain in contact over a possible visit to China by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at a date yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA sound and healthy relationship is in the common interests of the two militaries,\u201d Ren said at a monthly news briefing. \u201cWe hope the United States, together with China, can make efforts to implement the important consensus &#8230; so as to build a healthy and stable relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/29\/the-us-navy-just-sailed-through-chinese-claimed-waters-again\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/23603545356_f14d45c7db_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The US Navy just sailed through Chinese-claimed waters again<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A routine freedom of navigation operation is the latest in a series of events escalating tensions between the countries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon last week withdrew its invitation for China to participate in the multinational naval exercise in what it called \u201can initial response\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/20\/us-criticizes-chinas-militarization-of-disputed-south-china-sea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">China\u2019s militarization of the South China Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon cited strong evidence that China has deployed anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missile systems and electronic jammers to contested areas in the Spratly Islands. It called on China to remove these systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite strong mutual suspicions, the U.S. had included China in the past two versions of the naval exercise known as Rim of the Pacific, or RimPac, in 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/30\/indo-pacom-it-is-pacific-command-gets-renamed\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/27570905297_38cb060df5_z.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 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