[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 @+ Y4 s- x; \rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* @6 b% y% v8 N( e# ?1 v7 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。人在德国 社区, E: X' t: R! w4 e0 O- D, X1 T
  i7 O  W0 G- E0 f' 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。/ M) D; C7 a/ a. l" o

" [# Z( L, R2 F　　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。3 [& x: Q, d% |& `; D
人在德国 社区& t" W9 P4 F; V  e) `2 o
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible
2 v/ J. S( }3 R& c1 a' V) h  o7 K  P
/ i. r$ q/ Q. k* ?" [+ T6 N4 ~* [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.人在德国 社区$ Z6 [6 [: t9 C# o, R  k

( k9 _% N7 Y8 Frs238848.rs.hosteurope.deHowever, 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- o2 R6 q- s# f' R# [

2 M5 z9 h) `: Z. O. Q& ^“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.* l  h2 @8 i$ ~* p2 D
) H& L8 t/ q$ {. H0 R: g( ~# @( ]
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./ h6 S- ~4 j- F7 Q% ~% q
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  `! j1 G# S$ O+ J. ?
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.
! P5 a# T6 }3 F2 g$ F) c人在德国 社区
# m* C4 h/ c( F8 k9 v9 E, H* @人在德国 社区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: q( r" _* A: v, [
, [5 [9 j, c0 q1 Z人在德国 社区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.& R" i6 p, Q( \$ \1 J, B! F# H

( t; D1 M) y  j/ BDuring 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.
# H7 T% o: @3 m( \8 y- f6 q  b
0 T5 H* Y6 i' e; qGen. 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.4 z" O1 ~/ B. t2 Y, E) X
人在德国 社区7 b' y6 @* ~6 e! }+ R
“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.人在德国 社区; M) D2 t; m9 M9 o# g, z
4 Z" _5 }% z  L% h) u  i3 s
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.
0 f* D' S+ j- `8 F4 S4 A# {) G4 L: B- J8 D) @1 D! K8 g* N, K
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.
0 P; S. J+ B! _人在德国 社区
' U8 Y- l% [* }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.”
) L2 J# p, X6 Z, l; t" x: H
  X  k1 a9 X. l+ dThe 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.7 ]6 j+ L. }  N) |9 c& C
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# [: ^7 l+ `! b- R3 j2 j: b: {
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' F8 S( V1 u" u3 S8 L) W
/ ]9 W" r; V  r

% B+ [% J% K" l# E  q+ W/ t( B0 q8 z1 A2 }2 j, S% X% c  ^
: |) |8 G' H) a
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.