Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was greeted with full military honors in Beijing yesterday where he met with his counterpart, PLA General Liang Guanglie. The American Forces Press Service reports that the Chinese brought up the “situation” between Taiwan and China and that Pace assured them that American policy is guided by the “‘One China Policy,’ the ‘Three Communiques’ (between the United States and China), the Taiwan Relations Act and a sincere desire to see reunification done in a peaceful manner.” An American officer of this rank didn’t visit the Soviet Union until June of 1989, when Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral William Crowe Jr. arrived in Moscow to sign the Agreement on Prevention of Dangerous Military Activities–the aim of which was to reduce the risk of a confrontation between the two superpowers. Among the articles of that agreement were pledges to avoid: