US Army Gen Casey meets PLA chief of General Staff, Taiwan sots

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SHOTLIST 1. Wide of People's Liberation Army Chief of the General Staff Chen Bingde (left) and US Army Chief of Staff General George Casey (right) walking at honour review, AUDIO: band playing 2. Mid of soldiers 3. Chen and Casey walking past soldiers 4. Group photo of Chiefs of Staff 5. Mid of Chen and Casey, pull out to generals walking to take seats 6. Cutaway of Chinese military officers 7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) General Chen Bingde, People's Liberation Army Chief of the General Staff: "When the United State needs us to cooperate, they are good to us, they are friendly to us. When they do not need cooperation, they can do anything they want, even to offend the Chinese people. But I don't think that kind of cooperation can continue. We need to base our cooperation on sincerity and true friendship for the relationship to develop and grow." 8. Wide of Chen and Casey seated, Casey sipping his tea, UPSOUND (English) General George Casey, US Army Chief of Staff: "Might I comment on your first point?" 9. Close up of Chen, pan to Casey 10. SOUNDBITE (English) General George Casey, US Army Chief of Staff: "It's difficult to build the lasting relationship when we start from a point that 'we have problem and it is you'." 11. US officers listening 12. Wide of meeting STORYLINE A top Chinese general criticised the US on Thursday for selling arms to Taiwan and accused Washington of only being cooperative when it needs help with international campaigns. Relations between the countries are generally good, but Taiwan is a sensitive point. The two sides split during a civil war in 1949, and China sees the self-governing island as a renegade province. The Bush administration's approval last year of a major arms sale to Taiwan led China to break off military talks with the United States. The tough language came during a meeting in Beijing between the visiting top general of the US Army, General George Casey, and his Chinese counterpart, People's Liberation Army Chief of the General Staff Chen Bingde. Chen said the United States has sought China's help in international operations such as the war in Afghanistan or in fighting piracy off Somalia but undermined the mutual trust needed for such cooperation with its arms sales to Taiwan. "Once the United State needs us to cooperate, they are good to us, they are friendly to us. Otherwise, they can do anything they want, even to offend the Chinese people. But I don't think that kind of cooperation can continue," Chen said at the meeting, which was open to the media. Casey, the Army chief of staff, said Washington understood Beijing's position on Taiwan, but that there needed to be understanding on both sides. "It's difficult to build a lasting relationship when we start from a point that 'we have problem and it is you'," Casey said. Nevertheless, Casey insisted the growing military ties between China and the US would "withstand the vagaries of political turbulence." US officials say China suspended most military dialogue with Washington last year after the Bush administration approved a 6.5 (b) billion US dollars arms package to Taiwan. Relations improved this year, and military contacts resumed, but Taiwan has a number of weapons requests pending in Washington, including one for relatively advanced F-16 fighter jets. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/121f5bd28882ae0d12ba734cb75e741b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork