V; M, D! P5 E& t' b4 ? 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。3 i& J7 u- K k1 u
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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。 2 i) Q. H" u' _) s# o5 h0 O0 h1 E
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible * }8 B# ?1 e0 R$ L6 ^# ]6 Q" ~3 V ! I Q# z% M3 I6 f1 c4 FBEIJING — 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.9 k! S2 I" Z" h- g4 F% X0 U
; u9 C/ v( a/ W( qHowever, 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. , ]; A* T! Y" t8 D$ c- F5 D0 ^' S( J
“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. * y, [8 t+ L* L : T% ]! e. |' i, {! m. T# jGen. 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.1 D& [) e4 l. K: d0 D
: h1 ] U! }5 F. q0 W“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.5 I1 |9 q- Q$ r+ R9 e+ C/ [- U4 M8 t
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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.” 2 I3 @6 n& G& j, \1 R2 q% C& S( n1 v- X+ F
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. . _- C4 t: P4 }: r2 l/ H1 u. n: v" B
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. & ~4 B9 h2 [ Z' _" Z. u- o$ i! M' b. b% C T/ t; L: Q7 B
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% n/ T6 `! T4 b. H/ j
7 J- W; I1 G! V$ K% e3 D8 c' ]/ j“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." {. w3 o. X! `) F
# S/ { t- }9 `6 `6 fDeep 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. - T Q5 R9 D5 x! @; ~. _* D$ C4 M; v/ @6 p0 L, d6 c! L* d3 u
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. : b1 i" h" ?" x7 ? 6 S9 I" I& ~( i, gAsked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.”# ]1 K k' k; ^4 z* Z
: P. q/ d( L( M1 d" L) ^! a, wThe 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. " t- |+ {% c. h" h; }; C: `( @/ y( P" p
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.' j; W- N. m Z; T
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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.
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