[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。”5.35.249.641 L3 Z" q# \; g4 u- M

5 ]! N' ^$ H; B4 U/ e9 E9 b  W　　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。
; z% H) o' e! `+ [
0 s/ U: a5 Z$ e* C0 x# _" D　　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。
2 c+ r/ ~, S% ?  @7 T6 o4 C+ {2 i$ |+ ?  Z* X1 d7 A$ c5 Y) g
　　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。
4 @' p, L" G9 M' H. C1 Z人在德国 社区
5 [# e' X5 \8 R! ~+ x, fU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible
* z  q9 T( Z/ |% }2 {" C1 e9 F: V& H
) T- T- K0 c3 O* V+ |8 p: Y) a" z人在德国 社区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.5.35.249.643 }. _  e/ _9 U) e1 X: L7 Z3 q" p- n
: f  e* d- J1 t  i
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.
5 }- a+ `% M' f* l, A1 t6 f# |& Y) W4 }" h5 i% ]% W9 E
“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.7 z5 r% H% x9 K$ C1 L0 V, C2 N
人在德国 社区& f3 e  A$ {" E
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.
2 {) v6 B% W) w( \+ Z6 h0 S% X8 z! C- V, D. i
“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing.人在德国 社区2 z% }7 @* C! c  F8 h( v- r: A

2 ?1 K5 Z& i8 [! o6 q7 NGen. 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.”
: `1 v- n6 c5 k4 X5 l+ W5 `7 @
- _" t; g! S3 h( S1 l& a) |$ k3 YMilitary 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." D6 |" R  Z8 C' l

! M9 Q+ T3 ^+ b6 N& |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.! y% M; ]4 D* S: |# l- S0 Q

# w8 ]" J1 {7 b4 B$ @7 ~7 j; X! f人在德国 社区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 Q7 V  ~& c2 ?- O( v
人在德国 社区9 T" x; T1 M! {2 H$ F% F# U3 M. e
“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.
# R" I, s1 r5 b% T2 x6 H5 j4 @
2 h: d. q, m! O7 {2 XDeep 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.1 K1 P7 S) n7 ]0 L' u

" o( E/ J1 r( ]# Y. T: c) qChina 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.
7 G- m( `- {; h  Z, s人在德国 社区
. e  b0 k$ o9 V, w9 Z6 y* X8 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.”2 F2 f9 T( T; _* R( ]& q8 w! U

5 C) D5 E* n5 [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 $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.
. T3 Z5 u. l, O人在德国 社区# g  r* w% C; |, Z
The spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces.
7 j% l! ^+ p9 {( z9 i2 h) P8 U/ l  C: g: t; Q- {5 x
5.35.249.64# S3 Y$ Y; P: ?9 e8 e- `
- Q2 j  u5 \( @2 d

: ^8 Q: F4 W% T# F人在德国 社区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.