[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。”
) V7 h0 C8 z+ O, Q
9 M+ f! t$ M* W: t2 z5 \' 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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 L2 U3 s. C1 O2 e6 ~

* I! ]9 j6 ]- D7 ^" a　　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。
$ `2 n& i4 |+ G6 g$ Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.de人在德国 社区1 u6 u, i% i! E, @
　　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。' J+ {$ S0 Q5 v4 |7 ~* V

( V7 h. W8 V& J6 A- x$ zU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possiblers238848.rs.hosteurope.de' A4 q2 Q! T* R9 \7 e2 l
0 v) y& G0 A; ]8 i" ^8 E. @
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.
( X. U- t7 \  j% V  v, ^
1 k1 O7 \0 B5 _; |$ R  DHowever, 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.
- S. K8 ?8 e/ F* k( P/ e人在德国 社区0 [1 i! ?5 D: F8 E% N% ^
“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.de7 }! X6 f2 S) ?9 G! o7 \* W+ F  }

: W+ Q. p- [: q2 B, t0 W. |. RGen. 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." V0 Y; }& v; n, {1 o3 ]8 h' I

6 P" n4 K$ u7 ^- }rs238848.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." f% @1 G+ h, q7 ]: ^3 x# v

4 X+ l8 |! u  C; |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.”rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* y$ R* E& C3 k" d
: t5 P$ Q& U( b
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.
) L, j2 C4 `- J3 y6 m* G$ L
6 f% {& ^) u" T" Y! O! f; i1 C8 z/ VDuring 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.
$ w$ W$ Q& G( ^4 W% L* R* L; x- I  `7 Z4 q
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 n  M. I9 X" [

1 ]" |% T0 M, ^9 M. |- ^; j“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.8 r2 |. k! u  m7 L4 v- K

, y2 I# ?4 f3 Z! \& G* ]/ Q7 _rs238848.rs.hosteurope.deDeep 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./ v4 b: y# b9 x; H7 s/ u# }! g! {

6 ?  i. v0 F7 bChina 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.
8 V* W8 ]& d' K* D, B1 P7 M% j, I' C' p+ J3 g( G
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.”rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) p) S1 y; a( X# Y

, _  w4 L. c1 Q' A6 q! s: S, J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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.人在德国 社区+ F' F% J- c7 L- o) _+ c
/ N- K" J6 U3 i  ~  K1 `
The spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces.人在德国 社区2 D# C4 H$ l5 [* @

4 @" ]+ a" e+ A9 ]8 n8 s
8 B; J; O5 R  w' s5 c& srs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. A) @2 u: T* j7 }; v& f

1 r* p$ b+ }8 Z( D. OChairman 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.