[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。”人在德国 社区% b0 [/ p& S, o( m% q3 n- }

! G# E& N4 z5 n+ K　　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。3 a" z4 x6 R9 \& \) T
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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。
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* N* W+ Z" d0 N) _! j7 c　　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。9 I  p$ C7 N' r  \) }7 S" p/ }

6 i1 w8 M, O, F1 Q& e1 nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible5 o* x+ u: N, M6 {; t5 Y# S# F, w+ D

" Z1 B8 W( `& L' w- }$ IBEIJING — 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./ u. ]( n% l9 E0 z3 ]# r

# O" s6 i/ L: C3 G% X( z: ]8 ], rHowever, 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.& X4 K$ n$ X% _" K' ?' {! Q
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“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7 n* R: C& X& V# ^
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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.4 ~& b9 V1 L: \# X7 B  Q

* n& i+ x) N& s' D5 z, ~“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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( a, m0 d% |8 W7 ?% l/ @人在德国 社区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.”
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 G8 p- H7 @( H2 R' _2 b6 o
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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.
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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.人在德国 社区; f8 I+ a# L3 u* e& Y2 H, I5 v/ Z

7 F1 P7 z) l8 u: [" e1 Zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de“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.) X5 O7 l2 z  I! r, M9 n9 ?7 j: F
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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.人在德国 社区' X" K  G& N$ P, `2 l' M

: ?& \' c& y5 ]4 U# g3 P. _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.
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8 W( j8 b7 e" ]' `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; M) Q1 M. R4 D+ E$ s

0 ~! u% h- M& X; V6 }5 r人在德国 社区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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.
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* l0 E9 Z  J' \1 ?& @' R$ EThe 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.
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6 X5 y# C2 Y- H+ ~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.