[中国新闻] 中美商建军事热线 以增加沟通消除误解

日月光

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。”5 l9 ~/ g0 H: ^& C2 a0 p

& j) \- J4 @# H# t% `5 _　　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。
. q6 s2 y# t+ p9 b9 ors238848.rs.hosteurope.de
3 G" E: }4 R8 W+ r$ ^rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de　　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。
4 f. p3 t- j' f6 v! [3 `8 o6 k: {人在德国 社区/ m# ~- C1 E5 K: z7 V
　　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。
2 T5 j" Y$ w5 P# p) f9 D
9 X4 E4 }! K" _3 O$ d7 Y, W1 PU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible
, V: A5 j0 x  x; Q+ Yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
; N& e& b$ Z7 r) T, v9 ~+ {" p4 nBEIJING — 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.( i; S& t/ j' u2 ]% s$ q

0 g7 J4 W  t* n& R* IHowever, 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.0 q! [! S$ b( J6 {' e

3 o6 k, j4 B  K4 K; ~) H$ ~“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.人在德国 社区  \* z! r7 h  y+ j

* ?- f6 s; E0 h3 e$ k人在德国 社区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.
9 m' Y. a! D2 Y( B人在德国 社区) q8 }/ T# q& J3 Z( F9 ?
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.
' Y( c: M: {# |( F+ R
6 D& Y& W5 G4 g. o/ y( n2 |* [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.”
" \  A4 w5 U# {- r0 P, j7 Q5 p人在德国 社区! U+ ^) g- q5 d- l
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.
, i$ v! t3 A# j  v: Prs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- h; H2 W/ X6 R3 e5 E/ u; z  p
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.
8 {% A( @. l) ?+ c
. ~' W' ]* f9 b5 J7 SGen. 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.
/ B# H" F) h8 k+ W人在德国 社区
) w7 S5 x; v8 |( v) K% m, K8 L/ C- z“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.
1 g6 {) }9 X) \( x2 i4 Mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.ders238848.rs.hosteurope.de. f# O  G7 B4 Z
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 G: a6 p: z- ?  L$ z! J

6 Y% p1 I7 y  S7 ~  y( n1 _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.
+ n4 d: b, _  }" ~+ V; G+ z  ?. T; S
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.”rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, Y, `6 q2 b  a: o+ C( a) j

. I5 T# b& c6 E* \! lThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- j% u5 m* q0 l* `9 T5 g! d

. b# A7 A& M- ?0 l6 G5 VThe 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ s/ ?6 x: }2 Y! B0 J8 Z

" Z" F6 G2 S8 }8 A5 ?9 r7 {% u; T; c3 x! s( _

7 M1 D& |$ m1 l6 c
) h/ {2 g# s3 x8 l% Y/ F' yChairman 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.