DoD Official: “China Pursues U.S. Military Ties More Slowly Than Hoped”

File this one under "and you were expecting maybe something different?" Outgoing DepSecDef for Asia & Pacific Affairs, Richard Lawless remarked upon the glacial pace of mil-to-mil contacts with the Chinese military during a final press conference late last month.  During the course of that press conference he highlighted several concerns, noting that a continued…