BBC Monitoring International Reports December 6, 2002 LENGTH: 171 words HEADLINE: CHINA'S XIONG GUANGKAI LEADS MILITARY DELEGATION TO USA BODY: (New China News Agency) Beijing, 6 December: Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), led a delegation to head for the United States Thursday 5 December afternoon. Xiong is to hold the fifth China-US consultations on defence at vice-defence ministerial level at the invitation of the US Department of Defence. During Chinese President Jiang Zemin's US tour last October, China and the United States agreed to resume military communication, including the defence consultations...
