20:13 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nChina has no intention to match US military power, a top Chinese general has said.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Washington, Gen Chen Bingde said America’s armed forces remained far more advanced than China’s despite considerable progress by China in recent years.<\/p>\n
But Gen Chen warned that further US arms sales to Taiwan could damage US-China military relations.<\/p>\n
China regards Taiwan as a renegade province that must be reunited.<\/p>\n
‘Gaping gap’<\/span><\/p>\n“China never intends to challenge the US,” Gen Chen, chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, said at the National Defense University during his week-long visit to the US.<\/p>\n
“Although China’s defence and military development has come a long way in recent years, a gaping gap between you and us remains.”<\/p>\n
But Gen Chen warned that US-Chinese relations would suffer if Washington again sold weapons to Taiwan.<\/p>\n
“As to how bad the impact will be, it will depend on the nature of the weapons sold to Taiwan,” he said.<\/p>\n
Last year, Beijing cut off most military-to-military contacts with the US after Washington announced more than $6bn (\u00a34bn) arms sales to Taipei.<\/p>\n
Gen Chen’s visit to the US has drawn a strongly favourable press in China – a signal of the importance that the Chinese authorities are now placing on better military ties, the BBC’s defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus says.<\/p>\n
But there should be no illusions, our correspondent says, as superficial harmony inevitably masks significant underlying tensions.<\/p>\n
The aim of China’s extensive military modernisation, he adds, is to extend its military reach well beyond its own shores and to potentially neutralise weapons systems where the US has a dominant advantage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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