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(15 Aug 2017) The top US military officer says he's aiming to further develop a working relationship with his counterpart in China in order to lessen the risk of miscalculation on the Korean Peninsula as tensions rise between the US and North Korea.Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford - the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - arrived in Beijing on Tuesday as he continues his travels in Asia.Dunford says he wants to underscore the United States' "ironclad commitment" to its alliance with Seoul and Tokyo. But he says "effective military-to-military" ties with China also are important. Beijing is North Korea's biggest economic partner and source of aid.Dunford says he'll continue building the relationship he has with General Fang Fenghui, the head of the People's Liberation Army's joint staff department.Dunford is visiting South Korea, Japan and China after a week in which Trump said he was ready to unleash "fire and fury" if North Korea continued to threaten the United States.You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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