"China military to tour U.S. bases" Why?

[BeHereNow]

Why?

From LBN thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2586696

"HONOLULU - A Chinese military delegation will begin a five-day tour of U.S. military installations in Hawaii and California on Monday and meet with senior U.S. officers in the latest step to repair military ties between the two countries.
About 30 midlevel military commanders in the People's Liberation Army, including division and brigade commanders, will visit U.S. Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii, tour a guided missile destroyer in San Diego and observe Marine training at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
It is the third such visit by Chinese military officers since the countries agreed last October to increase military exchanges."

The THIRD visit? And we are just now hearing about it?
Somehow, given China's record in dealing with dissidents
and Bush having just signed his draconian Military Commission Act
along with the death of habeus corpus, not to mention the flurry of
western banks setting up shop in China- this news does not bode well with me.

BHN