正在中国访问的美军参谋长联席会议主席彼得·佩斯23日在北京举行的新闻发布会上表示，他与中国军方领导商谈了建立美中军事热线一事。“希望通过军事热线，增加双方沟通的机会，减少误判，消除误解。”8 z! s |0 T) S( c. K' M2 J$ i1 s
, N, ?8 r5 D$ i+ U' `6 R 佩斯是应中央军委委员、中国人民解放军总参谋长梁光烈的邀请，于22日开始对中国为期4天的正式访问。中央军委副主席郭伯雄，中央军委副主席、国务委员兼国防部长曹刚川22日分别会见了佩斯。梁光烈与佩斯举行了会谈。. E6 q6 e8 f: ]
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佩斯说，他们讨论了通过其他途径增进两军间的信任，比如，互相观摩军事演习，共同参加人道主义救援，增加军官交流等。 + y9 f0 B4 C& L" q* d$ a0 [6 I . U2 Z$ @: U0 O* v2 \( l1 M4 K- ~ 佩斯一行是今年访华的第一个美国高级军事代表团，也是佩斯2005年就任美军参联会主席以来首次访华。0 X# A7 n% ^1 }
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U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible + `2 S/ \5 V, `3 n( X: p' Q! g9 h; O9 t
BEIJING — China's military is proposing officer exchanges and other confidence-building measures with the U.S. Army and may be inching closer to setting up a “hotline” for emergency communication with Washington, the top U.S. general said Friday.& \ G0 K8 q% S2 Z: F+ l: n6 R: r
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However, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he received no new information in meetings with Chinese military chiefs about Beijing's test of an anti-satellite weapon in January that raised concern in Washington. He said he continued to press China's generals for more transparency about the aims of their military buildup. : I4 V3 q' x+ N$ O3 B' R3 { / U3 N L$ I$ I3 K, {) R“I used the example of the anti-satellite test as how sometimes the international community can be confused, because it was a surprise that China did that, and it wasn't clear what their intent was,” Gen. Pace said.5 g j. v' `3 L! {
* g6 ?8 K7 c& ^Gen. Pace said he immediately agreed to study the proposals put forward Friday by Gen. Liang Guanglie, chief of the PLA's General Staff Department. Liang's move suggested a departure from the skepticism with which the highly secretive People's Liberation Army has long regarded co-operation with the U.S. military. $ o/ v2 Y4 G2 f1 ], u" D4 L# v- `
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.7 X* ]* R( `' Z$ u% j
/ T+ O7 o! p3 L; b* ~2 k; k% ZGen. Liang's proposals included sending Chinese cadets to the Army academy at West Point as well as participating in joint exercises and humanitarian and relief-at-sea operations “that might be able to build trust and confidence amongst our forces.” 5 L1 m' Y( W5 J) G" k" m/ S2 v 7 X# \2 F( g: M+ D+ n4 A. L0 vMilitary exchanges were largely suspended following a collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. The Chinese pilot was killed and the U.S. crew held captive after making an emergency landing at a Chinese air base.8 h& A/ G) g7 r9 F; {
* X/ D$ X$ d2 m4 jDuring that crisis, communication between the sides was spotty and at times non-existent, largely because Washington had no direct channel of communications with the Chinese leadership.& p) n2 c. {4 a$ P' N
0 h) R+ V' p; X2 c8 wGen. Pace said the sides agreed to keep discussing setting up a “hotline” between either military or civilian leaders that would help ease any future friction. : V o( ]0 ~. G3 l6 @ - ]6 B/ S8 V! z& F“The Chinese military understands as well as I do that the opportunity to pick up the phone and talk to somebody you know and smooth out misunderstandings quickly is a very important part of relations between two countries,” Gen. Pace said. 8 w$ p) _; U5 Q' O* ?# {- V9 n 2 ?! X* t5 \8 ~5 X. u4 _+ N! pDeep mistrust remains, however, particularly over Washington's close military ties with Japan and commitment to help ensure the defence of Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers its own territory and which it has threatened to use force to recover. |6 e- \% `; |& j: Q1 N9 e/ h. t: n2 i( r9 J+ }
China has complained about U.S. plans to sell a batch of more than 400 missiles to Taiwan, but Gen. Pace said he had no details and didn't indicate whether the deal was mentioned in discussions.; y4 {8 Z* [2 z. T6 h. @3 i
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Asked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.”5 c' |: \9 D3 ?7 m4 ]
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The general didn't say how the Chinese officers responded to his calls for more transparency. China raised its military budget by 17.8 per cent this year to about $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high. ( ?" c2 e! _* Q; ^ - t8 L! K# \/ f7 K- [+ [: AThe spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces.# f* U+ N. ]1 a2 C
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) U/ Q" u5 u6 v2 @" {' pChairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace inspects the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Beijing March 22, 2007.
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