[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, E& z3 g: n. @  s" S: S$ C

: j4 U0 j! Q) _4 N: R, ]' Ars238848.rs.hosteurope.de　　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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 f8 @- ?7 x# j) d" h& O$ r
人在德国 社区. u: ?- ?0 e& w
　　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。
  l2 _' P" R% B  M# c/ M3 @$ w8 Q0 N! i
　　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! Q9 V+ R, [4 I# Q+ K) o
+ l, T, E/ ^! t$ e人在德国 社区U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible9 C/ b" y$ O/ n' C$ S( ~" Y" r
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 t, R1 ]; R- y5 T/ L! Z* p6 I
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.人在德国 社区0 m; ?) p, h9 b" D5 j1 \( X8 |6 g

+ d" G; k8 @0 PHowever, 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.人在德国 社区4 l- p$ K, C. o' f) `" ?& H

, Z( ?# z  E% B% O/ @“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.0 ?0 r: }: U7 f! X  t8 E

: M* r  _! u1 K, u9 R. {+ K0 G7 Yrs238848.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.
: E6 p6 ]2 R- p
1 _' l$ Y9 v: h8 _, a% Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.de“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.
6 f( Z3 K9 y0 @人在德国 社区6 B$ T0 r8 X1 u- j4 D9 e
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.”. w- ?/ L( Z2 K* I6 r7 I% D! Q
; l3 l3 N! R1 U5 Q
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.
0 I+ j3 g+ V' M* \$ e' s3 y5 z
; B( l- k. U& N! ?1 c# b7 L1 bDuring 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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 k' Y; f8 x; U; n- R
人在德国 社区: I; `4 `5 i. [
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.人在德国 社区* e% P+ `* n; ?; g. ^7 R3 b& p6 {

2 m3 `( c9 K& Z8 m' t: i8 i人在德国 社区“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.3 b' j( f  p7 A2 p1 T  a

/ D9 T  S/ `6 p. s+ zDeep 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.8 q& k/ N/ ?6 x# c8 F5 X8 c7 A

( u( |7 C* @) f4 [1 ^3 W8 QChina 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.5 K! y4 ^# X+ c! t6 G% k* j
人在德国 社区& R/ H1 Y0 E4 M0 `% a7 u5 B. A9 ]
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.”
. G2 Q  K, x$ H: W7 \rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- m! Y5 N8 ]6 M% Z6 U1 N! [% p
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ q6 [+ O. D" H5 J5 n( R" t
2 {2 @7 r9 Z5 {; p
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.# A; D- D1 s1 m; |
/ u' s, ^( n3 T
人在德国 社区+ h3 U& {; s3 A

9 J) o% t. T8 ^7 E3 Z, [0 R  Z* t2 xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; j2 s1 v/ R* B. c9 f" G
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.