+ K* s. R; b- n- O8 ]0 S8 s 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。6 H# G9 m+ O1 K2 E5 P& w$ S
# V5 P9 n8 { q U7 b H1 @" }8 `$ l 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。 " y& P& i+ Y! x f$ b% p6 ?# p/ V+ A* X; d* v1 I8 S( \1 ]* z) U
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。 7 f' T9 E. j9 E' p4 Q! Q6 ~ [7 K: o / g6 v% Q) X' m& y* e' X( }U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible 8 B- M" y- \, I- x2 H5 k, |4 S4 j( b: K5 j( H6 M, w
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.3 p! |2 X2 f) `; S! K& S9 A+ V
/ p1 }/ H0 y' g; `1 ~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./ E! T" B9 P* u/ x
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“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. ( A' M. H% u$ P! g M9 V( H) G7 x. { m5 _) t6 v5 B
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.4 V* \$ k! p1 m" f( F" m
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“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.9 j2 ], \/ N$ {- K9 a6 N+ f: r
, ~4 u2 }$ _$ F5 iGen. 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.” # z. [! V7 h6 C$ C, q8 H$ G+ F* G# P! E
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.& ^ Z0 B, k' H o8 }- y
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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., @' R$ o+ Z x8 `1 A+ x
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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.1 D+ v' [, @) J3 R( d4 B
8 U& o* p/ t% i8 X) n _“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.3 p% c7 ^) I W( X
, D$ D# m( p0 U, t$ G! Q) @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.; {+ m- u9 D0 t! k R6 R
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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 }2 P: M8 z+ w) B! E) P
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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.” ' h9 g' ]" Z4 g: d% Q9 ]2 d' q. w, d- q$ ~2 N) F- v* K; N
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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.$ N& S$ @+ A: N0 z7 i" D8 F9 x2 y' N
* n t+ r/ h6 s8 n, E/ w5 U+ ~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/ k$ w3 D3 Y8 L* v2 L2 t2 n3 B
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