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。” ; T; q- w/ _6 Q% z% p6 P+ V; c1 V* d8 F, C' c) U6 J$ e0 g
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。- u8 ]1 i: T( `4 k( L/ x
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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。5 `+ @5 i! ~# g) `
* S* G4 H! _! F M 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。$ G' _/ C! G" W, ]+ I
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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.0 t1 d7 c9 \+ K Q1 [( C
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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.) V8 M5 Z B6 ^% t
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“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. 6 p$ q& z& [: P0 P' ]% L! z* @! e 8 A) K/ k) v8 vGen. 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. ! V; y: Y" a1 B; e5 G; K2 v% ?, X6 l# z
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing. " V' d8 c$ K F" i7 p) z) q6 I! l$ H8 g% _ p
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.” 0 Y n, e2 B" a" O' ?4 V# @- ]# O, a# G, C; u' f4 O% w
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.* l. _( h3 n3 s. A) p/ G9 A8 A
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During 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. 1 G y) o$ R$ }3 Q3 b5 M $ F$ Q2 s& S5 { F0 xGen. 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.$ P& R7 x _5 B# H- l2 m
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“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. 2 D( A/ V+ B2 P8 a 9 N: E: Z( E9 v7 NDeep 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.5 v9 J. A: B' Z8 y% K$ F1 m+ J# A
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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.( L5 O. W2 H: R ~
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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.” ( {1 U0 \: A9 I! Z8 i; w; q ! o/ G; o. E. r2 I0 OThe 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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.3 k# y- I: T, b$ [+ T
( z) X8 \# `4 \( Z7 YThe 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. ' k6 n( R5 q; A9 R0 {' c* d3 z" x$ U1 P: y6 E" r: F( p
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