[中国新闻] 中美商建军事热线 以增加沟通消除误解

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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。”
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* `- t' p  V% T2 a/ r　　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。: X* A- o) R! k' B
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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。人在德国 社区9 M& C' A/ J0 R; w
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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。人在德国 社区3 V! @6 k: K( m# h
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U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible
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. A% r6 u  }+ P& |- drs238848.rs.hosteurope.deBEIJING — 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de2 P; b9 W. I" [/ d: d$ m" i' {; G

- _. T; E; z# C) [! tHowever, 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.( A+ n3 _1 `/ Z+ J6 i# U9 x

3 L$ Y2 d  r6 U; \9 I. V2 i人在德国 社区“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.7 s+ B2 A! ?7 Z2 y  T, S1 M

3 p- C" A$ p2 x6 i# Jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deGen. 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& A/ ]- e' \6 P: K# n
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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.
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! u9 g2 x7 c9 W% t4 x# z# jGen. 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.”' p& }6 _( `& q' ]# ~

! U/ J. I& l* j1 W' @人在德国 社区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.7 g2 R% G! L" B% H4 P8 R# w; o$ i

1 c; t1 t- ?$ i; g$ w& }9 ADuring 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.
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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.
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; f/ H/ r6 y( E5 Z3 ~9 s7 R“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.
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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.
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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.& b; {% a4 A+ ^/ y# x
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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.”人在德国 社区( |8 X+ H. j+ W6 [1 u

3 x' r' |) L) z- T! 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.3 V* a- C3 N) u1 R: c

" s% w% Z/ o( S' q: J- ~. qThe 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.9 E& r) D; h! j$ w3 X( M
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/ L9 ?' @! Z9 `7 h; \% v人在德国 社区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.