Militaries create bond with book exchange_美文

Militaries create bond with book exchange

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The militaries of China and the United States are trying to increase their understanding of each other, this time through books.

At the National Defense University in Washington on Wednesday afternoon, Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, presented 19 different books, 350 copies in all, to Major General Gregg Martin, president of NDU.

The books cover a wide range of Chinese historic, cultural, political and military subjects.

"I believe such an academic exchange is also important for the development of bilateral, military-to-military relationship," Fang told several dozen Chinese and US participants at a ceremony.

He also hoped that each country's university for developing national security strategy plays a role in further strengthening exchanges.

"Some of the books, such as The Art of War by Sun Tzu, may look familiar to you, as I heard General Martin say that the school teaches the book," Fang said.

Martin said Sun Tzu is his favorite strategist and that he is looking forward to reading the book.

In return, Martin presented Fang with eight books written by NDU's faculty and students on Chinese militaries, US-China strategic relations as well as US military history.

Fang said China-US relations entered a critically important historical stage when the two nations' leaders, President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama, reached a consensus to build a new type of relationship between the major powers and their militaries.