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WASHINGTON : US President Barack Obama on Thursday called for more military contacts with Beijing to head off future maritime standoffs in the South China Sea, as he met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.Obama also raised hopes of progress in talks between China and the Dalai Lama's representatives over Tibet, as the two men also agreed to work together to combat the global economic meltdown in the White House meeting.The president dispensed with protocol to meet Yang, following a series of sharp exchanges over China's human rights record in Tibet, and the recent standoff between a US naval ship and Chinese vessels.Obama, making his first foray into treacherous Sino-US ties, told Yang that he believed it was important to raise the level and frequency of the military dialogue between the sides to "avoid future incidents," the White House said.His national security advisor James Jones meanwhile directly raised the incident this week involving the US survey ship Impec...

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