Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese Army Gen. Ma Xiaotian, right, presents Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta with a book during their departure meeting in Beijing, China, on Sept. 20, 2012. Panetta visited with his defense counterparts and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss regional security issues of interest to both nations. Panetta will travel to Auckland, New Zealand, the last stop on his weeklong trip to the Pacific.