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。” % z( z4 n9 D) P 9 K# t( g/ ^2 }1 p0 ] 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。4 ?: q+ q1 F& S: u c: i( l* 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。" h+ T# p! v. e9 B5 n7 d% V- m; T3 {
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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。% l) r& i5 Q$ ^
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U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible + n$ s( n+ x9 Q. `" C & d2 `: y4 ]8 o; K z9 ~1 Y5 T% T; Q( ZBEIJING — 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. 2 ?, p: C* D" ?4 a* V t$ o4 p $ r4 a; E( ?/ w) C! Y. Q$ jHowever, 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.8 a g& y$ G0 q7 t1 k6 m3 |
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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. ' c& z3 ~ h7 L7 m1 i8 R 9 D, f& R q$ C, M2 SGen. 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.) n! s; o2 E4 V" N, n) I' j) C
/ n2 R- U$ T% t; x: _“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing. 8 K, H! m9 a3 A. \( | 7 G, y! s8 }5 b6 `/ wGen. Liang's proposals included sending Chinese cadets to the Army academy at West Point as well as participating in joint exercises and humanitarian and relief-at-sea operations “that might be able to build trust and confidence amongst our forces.”& ^; q0 C4 [* U& Y
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Military exchanges were largely suspended following a collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. The Chinese pilot was killed and the U.S. crew held captive after making an emergency landing at a Chinese air base.2 B4 `, Y1 A4 w0 {0 N/ S3 z- e. B
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During that crisis, communication between the sides was spotty and at times non-existent, largely because Washington had no direct channel of communications with the Chinese leadership. 0 A$ _/ r! L# o; L- Z5 l$ |/ `: J( M4 V" k% K W
Gen. Pace said the sides agreed to keep discussing setting up a “hotline” between either military or civilian leaders that would help ease any future friction.) i7 A8 i$ J. V7 x9 e1 V! G( x
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“The Chinese military understands as well as I do that the opportunity to pick up the phone and talk to somebody you know and smooth out misunderstandings quickly is a very important part of relations between two countries,” Gen. Pace said.2 i3 B _+ E2 T
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Deep mistrust remains, however, particularly over Washington's close military ties with Japan and commitment to help ensure the defence of Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers its own territory and which it has threatened to use force to recover. $ i/ B2 A) C+ l" s8 F2 A- T& U( J7 j% C7 \) \0 f" K
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. 1 t4 w7 k1 ]# e* U0 u A+ T% M) C* K7 b1 z) GAsked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.” ) M! ?- V1 j1 U& @ ; M* d: k, ^2 o( @! S& |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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high. ) @0 I5 s w. p2 l5 D0 q. H$ n! P# [$ L/ `$ Y* O1 X2 C3 H5 h
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. 4 I2 M% e' h$ f9 W; T. u: u" G $ z2 I2 w; d( Z. ? {5 B. `9 P7 D0 C; p
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9 N; @ ]$ }/ c/ [' G) lChairman 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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