[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。”2 [  q; G/ G2 R
人在德国 社区: `9 N+ u) ~5 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。5 {& f  b+ _3 O+ [" i/ ]* z

$ O, D. S" h& o" ?# i0 n　　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。
) R* J+ l, ]1 m# n: Prs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ R8 o& b% @& K( l" m
　　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。
0 V# ~8 b( g: |6 R人在德国 社区; G; O5 V7 a) @% W8 L
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible人在德国 社区0 J3 u2 h% N$ P4 Z0 o
人在德国 社区- o- S) U1 C- P9 Q: O: [
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.
# K0 P0 d5 D0 N人在德国 社区$ n/ V- Z+ I8 F4 G/ v' t
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.' Y+ j. p$ D% T- |! j* @+ g
, e! _3 \) Z% I) y& `
“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.
, R9 U' e% ?& o人在德国 社区* W  }+ b+ B( X8 x7 W9 n8 H
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.
; p, ]9 V6 |0 M# {' W( |
. g+ p9 I" j& j7 E4 q9 A人在德国 社区“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.
8 |8 T9 o7 @! g3 r: hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  I2 {0 q3 j$ K3 [
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.”
- ~* v  J/ ?2 G( m' o! `6 [/ ^rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, G; d2 m$ n% t' x7 Y& I. a
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.
$ j0 \3 k2 i  j& \9 g9 U) f) V3 I
& _. e  b) a; r- i" @( WDuring 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.
8 y6 }  K2 l2 d! U3 F( |' srs238848.rs.hosteurope.de人在德国 社区" I* A, d' D" A
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* p, s2 X/ O4 ]
  D% u3 T& u* v# S3 W. W! y7 J# S. f
“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.' W$ S* e) J  W8 Z6 F
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de% {- l5 B% ~' o. }- C' a
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.
% F7 X" A% `" I# N
8 N1 `9 V; e; z) m# u( a+ aChina 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.# P- v' `5 [7 U, S& y

( Z: ^% g/ G1 t5 D# K% N! Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deAsked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.”
) `8 b) @$ F4 j: D$ W
1 D' R8 B8 L8 vThe 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.de2 ?2 a# m: f/ D. w& w4 {+ w# l) t

$ C6 d& u, H" c1 {$ ?  bThe 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.; Q0 o1 u- D$ n5 U& {
人在德国 社区( b7 y4 ]& D+ e, u  \& c, {

, E4 Q% P( G  r. x" y( m$ f" u. E人在德国 社区; @7 [" B$ R$ ?6 e
( a- \) }+ _4 k! g2 x" B
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.