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Hu proposes cross-Straits military ties By Wu Jiao (China Daily) Updated: 2009-01-01 08:32 Comments(0) PrintMail President Hu Jintao proposed on Wednesday that the mainland and Taiwan "engage in contacts and exchanges on military issues at a proper time", and explore the setting up of a mutual military trust system. Photo taken on Dec. 31, 2008 shows a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of the announcement of Message to Compatriots in Taiwan held in Beijing, capital of China. The Chinese mainland commemorated the 30th anniversary of the announcement of Message to Compatriots in Taiwan here Wednesday with a ceremony attended by...

N.Korea threatens to sever military ties with Seoul Wed Nov 30, 2:51 AM ET North Korea has threatened to sever military ties with South Korea, accusing Seoul of allowing US troops to flaunt their presence in two border areas used for inter-Korean exchanges and tourism. In an unusual statement carried by Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency late Tuesday, the North's military said South Korea's "servile" attitude to the United States was putting inter-Korean military relations in jeorpardy. Military accords signed by the Koreas to control overland exchanges across the heavily fortified border were close to "dead," it said. In 2002,...