[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。”rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& p( Q  V% }" a+ n% i, ^. X
7 ^; p* U7 U& o3 T/ ^
　　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。人在德国 社区7 C& c1 Z& G& f3 \8 \# t1 W

& B: a2 E  K0 d! \6 frs238848.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。! P) e2 h% I: Q0 A5 P/ Z( ^

( E3 Z9 ~! R! ?0 |% k, g2 _- Z　　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。
# ?3 B' }( h; E4 z* x+ d( y" @  }$ m- f  N6 [0 H
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible7 y1 v: L9 o5 I( G4 A
9 q- b9 H- M$ `; L9 K
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.
$ Q  @' s/ l5 M7 P2 L: Y. ~rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
8 G6 q+ z0 r. [6 |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.  Y) V3 }  B9 q8 _0 X" o3 w

* m* w4 Y( W* o5 R+ F9 ]rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de“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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 P' W5 a! v- p2 p7 l; y5 S
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 w9 s- Z9 F6 X. w, o8 V% H
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.
; b4 \; l! Z" `( L人在德国 社区人在德国 社区. `$ N' N2 \7 G& j: F: t
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.  c6 e3 v" b8 u/ R9 x
& c+ B* \5 u5 L& P* x9 X
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.”
: e7 w, k8 g5 l( }6 R* u( i( D% F$ R7 w; J! G( g
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.( k8 d+ u4 q( R' J! u4 y
& e. d' G% z4 W8 e, ~- [
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.人在德国 社区5 k5 q- Q( S" W1 d3 |( k  N  K
/ E( P) B1 Y/ 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.
8 g9 k0 j% w+ f  Y3 r* I% D6 A) s$ A9 T( [# _2 H' 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.
7 P6 b; V0 d: j3 y" M% X2 _rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 s# }+ f! _5 r8 `& r8 f: T0 Q/ Z$ |7 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.
* `- H& B7 m# B2 L+ V0 p0 F) b0 }* r  A
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 ?0 C' K7 Q) ~- U/ W: q! l0 o; z& k
* {+ g/ h& h/ N; U+ C: \( i2 x. `* `; v
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: h+ c+ i+ L' k0 _

9 u6 n3 p5 t; O$ r' 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.' z  l# V0 H- q( \

9 z- L4 G$ v; ]4 h8 G' TThe 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.
. p* ^+ [5 `8 y" c& {& W, a* H& U0 }. V; Q
/ a. w0 ~1 S* K6 A4 F7 ]
! k. ^3 Z3 F7 r- |  A0 Z
+ G* U" t1 l& W) X5 D# ~. [
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.