WASHINGTON and TAIPEI, Taiwan — The release of the 2011 annual Pentagon report on Chinese military modernization, criticized by some in Washington for lacking substance and some in China as falsely portraying a Chinese threat, highlights the importance of military-to-military ties and greater interaction.

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