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　　The U.S. has labeled some of the Chinese actions indisputed waters off its eastern and southern coastsas provocative.

　　These are Chinese military training exercises in the East China Sea -- as seen in video suppliedby China to western news agencies -- where China declared a controversial Air DefenseIdentification Zone last year. In December, the U.S. said one of its warships was forced to takeevasive action to avoid a collision with a Chinese naval vessel.

　　'Pivot to Asia'

　　These and other incidents occurred even as the U.S. seeks to focus foreign policy and trade onAsia.

　　Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, during a trip to Washington last year, called intoquestion the reasons for the United States' so-called “Pivot to Asia.

　　"I hope this rebalance to Asia is not aimed at China and weakening China," he said.

　　Chang will meet with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel when he stops in Beijing during a week-long trip to the Pacific region.

　　Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters on Thursday that Hagel's trip is asign of Washington's renewed commitment to the region.

　　"Further evidence of the secretary’s personal commitment to the president’s rebalance to theAsia-Pacific region," he said.

　　Maritime disputes

　　When ASEAN defense ministers met last August, they discussed maritime territorial disputes inthe region. Talks this week in Hawaii also will focus on the issue -- particularly Beijing'sapproach to bolstering its claims over islands in the South China Sea also claimed by Vietnam,Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

　　The U.S. defense secretary will travel from Hawaii to Japan, which has its own maritime disputewith Beijing. But the disputed Senkaku Islands - which China calls the "Diaoyu" -- will not be theonly topic.

　　North Korea's nuclear weapons program is also on the agenda in Tokyo, as well as in Beijing --after North Korea test fired two medium range missiles just days ago.

　　North Korea's belligerence

　　In recent congressional testimony, the head of the United States Pacific Command, AdmiralSamuel Locklear, said China continues to support North Korea militarily. This, he says, is notbeneficial for regional peace and stability.

　　“North Korea is an ally of China, and they're closely aligned from a military perspective andhave been for a number of years … my sense is, is that there is -- has been a close relationshipon military capability and military equipment for some time, and it probably will continue,”said Locklear.

　　While Hagel has been to Asia, this will be his first visit to China, and it follows a meeting Mondaybetween Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping at the Nuclear Summit in The Hague.

　　Despite the tensions at sea, defense officials from both countries say they seek an increase inmilitary-to-military communication to eliminate misunderstandings and reduce the risk ofmisjudgments.

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