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。”$ X9 j4 b8 j" A
O1 [4 M' s- P: h' } 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。/ T& \; |" o1 p* g7 [
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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。 3 ^* B P. A E m5 R- X q8 o" Y0 n4 `9 c
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。 8 w7 ]9 W3 ?% \# r1 s+ D5 e8 T+ l) `+ ~# ?9 A
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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. 7 ?( M/ R% _4 ?& o6 r! Y) B; h9 P, R* ?: V) Q5 c" T7 q/ j
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. ; g" @7 r6 D$ z+ B# c" v( u# I, A% D8 L$ P F2 _, k5 Q' A
“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.$ |3 j+ e# X3 l8 W
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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.2 U5 Q! Y- v3 ?8 \
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“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.6 e( f3 B6 ]. O$ S" m8 s! L$ x
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Gen. 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.”, S; J6 E$ U. w
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Military 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.: \- v2 b. G' S' ^+ ~6 z N* v
* X' D7 v# t' Q* R3 EDuring 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. " d6 T! c" i9 p/ }0 h0 ~# N/ F1 ?+ \0 l! i) d
Gen. 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. 1 L- _3 ~; M9 a8 T9 H% F4 z% l, q- c+ |% 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. ) z3 @4 n, L. s7 `# m+ q8 v: H$ f( i+ |$ U; @: i0 K* p$ _2 ]/ U
Deep 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.; Y. _. p& G/ b) e$ q
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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. : H2 {( I% X4 g6 c+ m0 P) u% s. W6 O+ E( F. E% g( X% h
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.” 8 A- q3 g' M i2 d8 U1 c " {( p" x2 F( O! {0 u+ q6 A4 mThe 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.% t! a9 D f! H# ^3 w7 y. K5 S
, `, x& M0 r) kThe 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.1 r" h: H: R3 z* S7 v. o9 @2 s2 X) r
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