[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。”
" E' ]* B5 L; y" ?3 m4 T* N, S5 [  F7 ^8 F# Y5 }  H2 a( S4 x
　　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。
$ Q  m4 {' u! F, y9 Y1 j. p* u
3 F7 d4 X. ?* F6 n6 m3 f5 j人在德国 社区　　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。
- O. G* v/ V6 m- s! I人在德国 社区9 k& A5 R- T! }
　　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。
  K6 ?# B6 e1 t8 n8 M6 {人在德国 社区: `' o3 T$ t8 {4 b
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible
- y" {+ T" Y# W! a* P7 y& F人在德国 社区( s2 R( @2 z& `% N
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.
2 K4 q9 T3 [: u
" A8 D' P9 V5 u; d9 M' 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.
- K6 H  P9 h- B: ~人在德国 社区& K& a. Z; n$ V
“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.
8 b2 C  j7 }  S" c" ]! E% @: u4 B8 h! ?: h1 L/ J
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.
' g- E: I3 K$ n8 v人在德国 社区
/ C9 g7 F! I+ U4 ?. j7 Trs238848.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." x; @" I9 d3 }
& S0 ?8 N  Q; q) [1 B6 ~  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.”
" E' O) k4 l' l
; L6 a" L5 f2 P% F  kMilitary 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.
- Y! l; D) z# F" @
0 E: ~8 \9 K0 ~! K( V  PDuring 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.+ S8 p" v1 Y9 N4 _$ |6 |
6 F( H% g, D$ A! ]; n) L
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.9 [% I$ x- \5 X+ Z% O
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 e2 e! |5 J) F9 |1 d5 m* V! d
“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.
! e9 s( w) X1 `( ^7 h人在德国 社区* x' u8 }. c, K) g! N
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.. S$ t4 x. H+ @: m; j
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. p& Q& N6 d4 G0 q
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.& u/ b& R, Q% S
/ u3 l/ V: [  R! I, O
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.”
9 \7 ~' ~! C7 ?' M
* v1 E2 G5 {+ ]/ F  Z' |0 Z& fThe 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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.
6 `5 u$ j% V7 A  }: ]- V
3 ^) |/ R& }* [: @% X/ i0 [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.+ }& e9 C9 K9 `" {

' W" T: H* K9 W& f2 H* H- T  v人在德国 社区rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; Z2 o4 M4 s) d5 \
1 U; S' j& p* H. V
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% Z' a5 H: K$ i  k% m) ~
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.