The talks will cover setting up hot lines linking military commands or defense ministers and establishing joint ocean rescue exercises, areas that have long been sought by Washington but thought politically difficult by Beijing, the newspaper said.
The leaders will agree to a resumption of regular exchanges of senior and mid-level military personnel and of military academics and the reciprocal training of officers in military institutes.
Military exchange programs were suspended in 2001 when relations chilled following a series of clashes, including a collision between a Chinese fighter jet and a US surveillance plane off China's southern coast.
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