Negotiations between China and the United States today mostly focused on various financial relations between the two countries, but a significant raft of military pacts were also agreed upon.
The deals center around increased notifications by both sides for major activities, particularly as it relates to naval exercises that might be a source of military confrontation between the two nations.
In addition to notifications, the deals also govern how warships are to behave toward one another if they do encounter each other at sea. The US has previously railed about Chinese naval aggression in the South China Sea, while vowing to increase its own naval presence therein.
The exact terms of the various pacts have not been made public, but that deals were reached at all is being seen by both sides as a sign of encouragement, suggesting the two nations are at least willing to take some pains to avoid open military conflict.
It is American naval ships that are in waters near China, not Chinese naval ships near the United States.
I can imagine how accord was reached.
The US threatened to send in its mighty military.
China threatened to call in its US IOUs.
Empire aggression is essential for Empire expansion, surely USA is not going to honor any agreement if it inhibits expansion in the slightest.
Any (agreement) prompted by the USG isn't worth the paper its written on
so long as MIC, AIPAC, Wall Street, and other nefarious organizations are
in control of this nation.
If the Chinese believe this, then I have a river to sell them in the Simpson Desert.
The last major 'promise' of this type was not to move NATO one inch towards Russia and, in any case, it's a fait accomplish already, with bases in S Korea and re-arming Japan … oh and the small matter of fomenting a quasi colour revolution in Hong Kong. All that was missing from that was Victoria Nuland handing out cookies and John McCain giving speeches.
I doubt that the Chinese leadership has any illusions.