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US Lawmaker Warns Of Military 'Misunderstanding' Risk With China

US Representative Adam Smith, flanked by US Ambassador to China David Perdue (left) and Michael Baumgartner, Republican member of House Foreign Affairs Committee during a press conference at the US embassy in Beijing (Credit: AFP)

The leader of a US congressional delegation to China warned Tuesday of the "risk of a misunderstanding" between the two countries' militaries as advances in defence technology move at breakneck speed.

Adam Smith, the most senior Democrat on Washington's Armed Services Committee, told journalists in Beijing that China needs to talk more about its military with other global powers "for basic de-confliction".

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