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。” . g# g P3 |+ [+ G. c5 H, M# E: U* D5 S; S$ Q
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 E9 o' x' L6 {# A0 ~6 K
- V3 l' t; T& ^# R 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" r u5 F- a/ v% Z( m4 d' e
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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。 ! o4 }) N9 j6 _2 q$ U6 F/ B& L: ~ s: P* p6 A) X" ^7 s9 X
U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible : J1 N+ R$ r/ A+ e# w6 K( s $ i/ M& m0 Q' q: s7 S5 CBEIJING — 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. ?. J$ m: Q' g1 R* K, q7 l+ m# [7 w
$ s E. `9 m6 s0 F: n6 fHowever, 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. m: @* K2 g* Y9 A, J
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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. , e; q: g) a% P1 u 3 g3 o4 \, ^& @; V' ]+ F) aGen. 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.. z( V' N8 X0 \" e
, R6 e; S& ?9 P* J( ~0 I4 ^0 b/ F“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing. 9 `$ v% K8 v/ O3 R% L ) t5 n8 D/ P' h1 O+ C: r0 p9 L( VGen. 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.” 3 _, j4 ?4 v/ d' Y4 z2 Q, r8 E0 @6 \* t5 I/ J! L& c# e' r
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. ) ~" I8 o) j& h7 }0 [" ~ a. F" ]( X, c
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.8 ?4 k( p7 i, R3 A
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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. , V4 o2 S( _# k: ?+ w 8 D3 _5 K) t. _" v& \“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.( j7 x& a' \. H. V3 }* \ L
( b7 ?# N: o) e m3 wDeep 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.: t9 W4 G5 y1 e! q
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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 h1 M: ^- }$ Z) \; M
$ _$ C$ {+ T$ q( UAsked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.” 5 }; R+ P; l- \& I/ z/ l - H7 V* x L' G' R3 Y5 z A- ]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. 3 U3 r% o; i% P: e t: h% G5 U. |! n! h+ `# [+ C) 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. ( `, U; X: q! S2 K9 Q0 z% [ t/ \: F/ z+ d& T
0 K# X! n" b! e" k9 \, @) Q . W4 V ?6 e: F6 p& p4 W% U ; i9 L8 [' \# Q( [" j. Y4 LChairman 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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