[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。”
7 y8 p; p, {/ L3 s0 T$ e
( a& b8 s3 @, X! H　　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。9 g4 j" @2 y, O3 u& L" X2 |

5 ^1 c5 V6 Y7 Z/ Q0 r　　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。
5 M* M9 h, R5 ~: v; ~$ Mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% M( o. h/ Q" q) l/ k- G
　　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。+ H1 J# w& [5 t" |. X
: b: D0 p' @3 n' B  Q. ?' f
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible人在德国 社区& u* E7 y' }! G& [& @3 {
4 g; Z4 H# P5 b$ F
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.
) _% a9 K& s; |- u& i
; w# Y4 [7 L6 ]& 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.& d: ?2 n) }1 v' C
人在德国 社区/ |' i. y( |% H, e* u# W5 |0 C4 ]# 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.% c8 r- M! c; _( i8 M
! P$ ]# i2 w8 W5 I
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.% M: U! Y# L* l& n2 X0 w* C
) B5 ?! M$ E& u( p
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.
9 h* u4 g; c' Yrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
; s  m8 ~$ ]. ^9 g& c: fGen. 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 O* n; Z' A6 y0 `3 r& V人在德国 社区3 F2 _9 Q# A' y  q* Y  k7 [/ W
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.
% z5 p3 Z# Y. v! r/ Y/ y1 krs238848.rs.hosteurope.de9 {2 V6 y7 p' B- l; Q6 K7 h
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.
7 n) N2 }# ^, L0 F5 p" ]- a$ h* Q6 N# L8 q6 P
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.
+ W; G+ r9 U, |2 x人在德国 社区- e7 A! P6 w) C1 R; \8 v7 V" {
“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." G8 P" C+ @; r( N, V2 M7 G

+ @( A6 ~; S# srs238848.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.
2 w' Q. K, Z8 Q( y( [
" P3 M* n0 G/ o' w! ^' I: z: n- |人在德国 社区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.4 u  n9 I- `# b  a

: R. p% n% Y/ |2 R3 s% e$ BAsked 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 U! Y1 m1 p# L! _1 L
8 n/ I4 B6 W# u  D3 W) f- X
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.
% s" F8 Z; C# z" A9 x" ?1 j3 ]( M  F! N0 ]6 }
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.  ?9 I! D2 h1 t) ]8 p
6 v  T+ T! C3 g- E5 u8 b) R

! Z# V9 `4 K* \' f& ?, B) M/ v! D" P5 S! y人在德国 社区
; _$ E2 W. r' @) y) F
- ?2 ^6 V8 P& l/ w/ r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.