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。” % a8 Q3 y5 _5 V: U6 ]0 E! l- I1 F ( u: q4 W* S, H( e! A) _3 E 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。8 @( ~8 a+ U5 E( k0 p4 g
; y! A/ X% \2 d; Q 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。( L: N6 Z) Z- {9 |$ a. \- b; n) W
+ Q4 a2 o( F7 p. h 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。 " q/ x. n. c9 ~6 H0 ?( { m( m 3 t# `, k" U) `1 ~9 K' YU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible ; }' ]& x. T1 `; A5 \( M 2 \6 \- \+ K) n& r3 aBEIJING — 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.' i8 V3 h$ S; g" i3 Z
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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.) |1 N+ c$ m# m# u$ O
* E: D2 V/ k0 a0 {3 b3 e) H2 x“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 H2 N# _& C
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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.& a ^- F1 s; R$ W# g9 v: c$ d' Y
8 j) o6 o5 L R$ G! T“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.' P! H3 d- e8 J6 ~7 o0 W# 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.”0 }. w" Y) I5 [4 a, X, i" S
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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.) L9 e: A9 ]7 l5 t: ?
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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. 0 ^6 n+ L$ d6 Z6 l! j % e+ S( i! c5 jGen. 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. 5 x& o' D3 |4 e+ n; [! a3 ~/ C! G8 K( s; V9 @- Q
“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 Y* D; w! e% Q1 W" m; e% {
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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.1 [7 X+ [3 `$ u2 ? K
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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. : i0 o- k' g. Z% ?- C3 m9 p3 W: p$ {8 r: U% \$ T7 A3 j, N
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.” 3 M$ l- e+ C m1 k, M1 P1 u . k4 ?! F- X; d% O3 k) fThe 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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.) j0 W0 x2 v- V1 Z1 s: R
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The spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces. ' [3 \# ?9 a1 h: u5 i+ v- ~, _! E$ ^ H5 g
; x1 B; D& e( k x9 `3 V! i2 `2 ^ 6 f: @) k& M+ t( I : m( W' A, V' G6 x- K4 |Chairman 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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