(China Daily) The visit of Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), to Israel next week signals warming bilateral ties once darkened by Israel's cancelled arms deals with Beijing. In 2000, Israel suspended the sale of four advanced early-warning Phalcon aircraft to China because they were installed with U.S. technology. Since then, all Israeli military exports to China have been subjected to strict inspections to ensure they do not include U.S. technology.
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