United States-China Military Relations: Analysis and Chronology.

This series of analyses and chronologies provides information on exchanges of military and military related delegations that have occurred between China and the United States since 1979. Military visits are defined as exchanges between officials of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Chinese Ministry of National Defense and between members or units of the two countries armed forces. Military related visits are defined mainly as exchanges between high ranking U.S. and Chinese government leaders, including officials of ministerial or cabinet rank, whose visits probably had military or strategic significance. The dates, leaders, and itineraries of the delegations accompany a brief analysis of each visit. The data were obtained primarily from Chinese media reports. The series is updated quarterly and published annually.