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。” ! S) g" k, J: e; J 6 t9 A. t1 P: k* 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。5 K/ K4 W' P P" w5 G
: A+ E) `9 A6 J; f( o 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。! P0 t* W; z6 Q8 x8 j
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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。/ o+ O# [. [0 E
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U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible 7 [1 A! P! ]5 |. ? 0 A) u( ~, t+ L6 v5 E* f, `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. ; T+ H; O0 D4 J+ f* @, d: m& t8 u9 L 7 I+ \; T: n( i$ L0 BHowever, 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. 3 ?1 n" P, d1 g9 o0 W% w# A( d. K7 t* K8 T! 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. ( r2 V* b: S# S1 g# \4 {( b+ O W9 R# K9 m0 d
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.: `- C6 Z) [( h" G. d/ I2 |
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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. 9 G5 Y$ @; k7 }* ]& X% D) Q/ }/ B8 S0 |* 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.”$ u- s+ U" x b1 @' u* K6 n
- ^- a! J. ?8 Z; B$ D5 EMilitary 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.6 O6 _; P7 s: ?/ x
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" c0 M$ d' Z* `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.3 k7 P$ x" s. A+ ~/ m) F5 u
4 k0 u! {; D- L! S3 ^& C' J. W“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.4 ]6 Y" a* j% y, l
5 T" o- w# Y9 U2 L) D `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 O: _4 P4 o2 S, z/ X4 J _# n; e$ [8 C, j3 I$ f
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.! h; W, ]7 i5 `5 m
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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.” % X B s* D% x* @; s1 V) O0 V $ c& q4 ?- x$ b8 J' PThe 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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high. * a* j3 i* w( Y9 q1 m" E 7 ^, ~0 I- z6 AThe spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces. 4 Q4 K3 p0 O2 }5 ]0 e5 o ) A. B0 l$ ]- K5 Z$ V9 V6 \! _- Q9 A4 |1 ?/ z G
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# t3 o( k/ F$ S j6 d, t5 O* XChairman 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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