{"id":34913,"date":"2018-04-03T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/03\/chinas-defense-chief-calls-his-moscow-trip-a-signal-to-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:09:05","slug":"chinas-defense-chief-calls-his-moscow-trip-a-signal-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/03\/chinas-defense-chief-calls-his-moscow-trip-a-signal-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s defense chief calls his Moscow trip a signal to US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 China\u2019s new defense minister says his visit to Russia is a signal to the United States about the increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/training-sim\/2018\/03\/29\/china-shows-off-long-range-bombers-in-air-force-drill\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">close military ties<\/a> between Moscow and Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unusually bold statement Tuesday by Gen. Wei Fenghe at the start of his talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reflected the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2017\/07\/26\/russia-china-hold-naval-exercise-in-baltic\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">growing military cooperation<\/a> between the two former Communist rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in Moscow, Wei emphasized that he chose Russia for his first trip abroad since becoming the international face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/04\/china-says-military-no-threat-but-refuses-to-reveal-budget\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">China\u2019s military <\/a>last month to \u201cshow the world a high level of development of our bilateral relations and firm determination of our armed forces to strengthen strategic cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a 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