More Military Cooperation Pledged With China

Senior Chinese and Singapore military officials have agreed to boost military exchanges, including joint counterterrorism and naval exercises, reports the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong).

Bilateral military relations have "developed smoothly" in recent years and Beijing is prepared to take ties to "a new level," Rear Adm. Jiang Guoping, an assistant to the chief of the People's Liberation Army Joint Staff Dept., said in a statement published by the Chinese Defense Ministry...