[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。”人在德国 社区. f1 c5 y3 J5 l2 |$ @" s% x" j+ X0 J

" O' Z- m; n+ a) \- i' l9 n　　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。csuchen.de* o0 |& C$ v* e- ]

( _/ [, e7 f' f0 ^) m9 k! Z. n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。
  H1 p( D8 b  O4 F% b$ L4 f6 C9 n6 fcsuchen.de3 A1 q/ Y/ ~  x- p
　　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。
/ y  m4 o) q0 Q" J& ]* p; C, `+ {3 \" Lcsuchen.de2 i  ~5 \0 f  p  c: l
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible
: `0 v( h/ d- J
( K) ?) d+ V& @- f4 s2 r" r6 Jcsuchen.deBEIJING — 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.
3 z# A! {) g8 p人在德国 社区
$ i0 F4 [+ u/ Z3 @4 z8 uHowever, 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.
* p0 e& h$ q. m1 a% W8 fcsuchen.de2 x7 [0 ]* n9 [5 ^5 P' [$ G
“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.csuchen.de! y- J1 m* }" V: h, y* S
9 Y1 D) I9 C" _8 w% S$ F! [
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.
% N1 }1 Y  |+ S2 z
6 w0 I  V2 W" X“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.: O" h' l& y; q  n; u( {
4 v' v! t. V9 k6 f+ J- `
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.”人在德国 社区: c: K3 @/ i' _1 q
  @; X. l, T# F) f0 ^) Q
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.
% M' v" d# p. \& o
, i# i0 L5 Z, C( }# a' CDuring 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 @) O5 x7 a  i
3 [9 n/ v& J; L) EGen. 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.
/ Z! e" i7 A5 ]8 v7 f+ g9 B7 X9 K
( @) g$ r9 O1 i: `* S6 c“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.; J- o: `4 T1 {4 m  l8 y/ l+ I* N" k
3 Y) n/ X& G6 `7 p4 e
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./ A! H  O0 S( l  T

2 n: ]; X. i' {" e+ SChina 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.csuchen.de# W. Z! m0 F, D7 T

5 E$ z/ ]. |0 p! B2 w& T8 V" JAsked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.”人在德国 社区$ m' h$ Q- `0 t$ J

9 v! Q" Q4 j: w; r2 |6 o* ^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.
( U' h# B) \) o# _! X) Lcsuchen.de% q# Q& s. u. ?4 o8 }6 N4 d, F; 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.csuchen.de5 `% P$ T! C( f7 [) Z

- Y! W# `% F. j# s& p人在德国 社区
% o  ^' f% v! v2 t  `8 ~7 H人在德国 社区
* e6 a& L1 V1 f6 v; s' J
) O* R( E3 m) o/ M7 ncsuchen.deChairman 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.