[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。”: \* M% `) P/ E; k. o
* `) v8 A; `* C& \% Y
　　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。) n( d( Q" ~# z" `+ @
- {/ `  `$ {/ B& E9 h1 T
　　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。
1 ~7 G* A+ T& \+ S- v! a. B$ E3 u2 E4 U% u+ @; c  n
　　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。
1 |$ X- ^& G/ m# U9 R. k; C. `) ars238848.rs.hosteurope.de
" u9 ?+ J: E. @; r7 R0 Y) DU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible$ `$ ^; B. C5 x: j) y

; q9 n8 z- Z7 F+ h) R) HBEIJING — 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.8 o) S% {4 H5 `! O$ d( T
% |  H3 M! m4 n2 n( H; B
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.3 O" ?8 n+ x* V0 e* s; t

9 B  [; K( f3 m+ J“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.
& q0 O6 g( Y! ~9 S' g& z2 ~' \) Z; F' \7 U2 z  R, g6 R! R
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.人在德国 社区- ^& k. U( W6 A: I! i4 E( U8 h

+ y( S, S* @1 U! @4 C“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.人在德国 社区, d" f( D; M* P+ c2 C
. l1 x& W, U: g' Y5 s5 d  @8 Y' \
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.”
6 ]( u0 ]+ k. o
2 i) S- u6 d8 T4 h; M0 VMilitary 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.
" x3 ]7 A) r3 G8 x, c" G3 u6 y8 t, u0 ?. K
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.
& q5 Z) O: o$ C1 d! {* U6 O( E4 }* ^
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." v; x2 {: |$ L) A) Y/ J) x6 M' n

4 |8 d- Z; W8 O& m2 @“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.
0 R1 N) ^6 _% _6 f7 v: X7 T: G) w. Q: v, o
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.
' F8 N2 p# q/ M/ L7 A* r! r3 e- P7 v+ O; K; M3 I. @, c+ o+ b
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.
/ i7 K' g: ?7 U
/ a( c1 Y5 H% Q, A& ZAsked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.”
1 J- p; f- N* e( s/ C+ c$ m. q% @; y& ^; R" H, f* {
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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( W6 z$ C! t$ w2 F
8 v2 d# g; s" @' y
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.
) [5 d7 Y) k6 E$ {! Z
6 t- k; H) |2 v5 t7 [5 g* Z人在德国 社区
+ ~5 j# T3 T. k) ?) e
3 _( H3 A# ?% M' ~+ ?
" Q. a4 V1 `/ z' F人在德国 社区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.