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China’s Minister of National Defense, Gen. Liang Guanglie answers a question during a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta in the Pentagon on May 7, 2012.

Gen. Liang answers a question during a joint press conference with Secretary Panetta

China’s Minister of National Defense, Gen. Liang Guanglie answers a question during a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta in the Pentagon on May 7, 2012.

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