[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。”
$ L9 M4 _" B" J6 s" i  f& s! B3 S+ K; x2 \4 w) \, @1 c1 |
　　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。! E+ E0 Y  ^$ [% |( t! Q

1 x- c' j. n* F$ Q( j. V　　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; D$ E3 z' A) e1 L
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  |* y. {) k; W( y
　　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。
5 G: A0 e& f1 R+ ars238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 ?4 T" O: j9 j! e8 b4 W: z% M% @
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible
. w# _2 A$ n( l7 H) ~9 {, k( ^, n3 M1 u* P
, T1 B' B+ J) ZBEIJING — 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.
) z; i8 h3 j, A# x6 o% Drs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
- l. y4 Z+ o+ n. E& `, U3 Srs238848.rs.hosteurope.deHowever, 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.
" B% L2 l: k6 D2 F9 A# b( E
  h1 D2 h9 T2 n. O4 e$ V- `0 e“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.2 W) Q0 X3 b# S9 M' T% b, p

8 O; `/ W# b. AGen. 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.( q: ^7 h6 T  S! R) t
1 n4 @2 b# h* I) g
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.* u' [3 ?1 o4 w6 p7 _! H

% g9 D+ I7 ]/ D, N! Z2 Z  d% EGen. 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.”. G' C" J- ]& T1 J( A
  h8 t2 t0 V  I5 T8 H3 ?9 |
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 w, o, h3 U9 Q9 W3 ?) A  V7 a; ?  a( c, Q0 G( E2 N3 `4 g
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.
: ?9 W  [# c& c# x0 Lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de" B  H$ g9 e! ^5 x1 L/ g
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.4 B5 ]! w' J; n( G( A$ |

$ J3 w9 \1 Y1 u+ f5 ?+ f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.
. y4 a4 h4 @4 @3 N7 S% M5 S- W人在德国 社区4 z+ f* N7 p7 R$ ]& E
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.
) @8 A$ j" U* c" B. d
" O( j% H$ G3 }8 t5 c2 }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.
' M7 y& \1 j# d) l. @% y9 u& w: X) 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.”
- ^2 e- E: m. k/ H9 j( m; T% J- f8 W6 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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.
; k5 s. E/ v/ ^8 O/ f5 i! ?; n" j: N
The spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces.
4 t5 {$ J, ~' W; H人在德国 社区
% }( d3 {: \& P3 J6 E( Lrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
! L3 j# p, O- W7 v8 A
' p$ [2 E& W, o9 n
# p: l/ E& C+ h2 n6 }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.