新鮮出爐的２００８年中國軍力報告 -- 寫給胡哥看的？！

繼續不談風月，隻談政事 -- ２００８年的中國軍力報告，也就是美國國防部一年一度要交給國會的功課今天出爐了。
有興趣的同學可以在這裏找到。

今年的報告保持一貫風格：該簡練的地方決不累贅、該詳細的地方毫不含糊，行文流暢、圖文並茂；雖然有一兩處筆誤，但總體來說堪稱學生論文的典範。

俺還沒看完，不過開頭的 Executive Summary 有兩段挺有意思的，看起來倒像是寫給胡哥而不是給國會看的。特摘錄下來，與諸君共賞：

The United States welcomes the rise of a stable, peaceful, and prosperous China. No country has done more to assist, facilitate, and encourage China’s national development and its integration in the international system. The United States continues to encourage China to participate as a responsible international stakeholder by taking on a greater share of responsibility for the stability, resilience and growth of the global system. However, much uncertainty surrounds China’s future course, in particular in the area of its expanding military power and how that power might be used.

-- 這段明明就是說 您看看，咱從以前到現在幫您幫了這麽多，別人有誰像咱這麽夠哥們兒的。您有好東西還遮著掩著不讓咱瞧，這太太太太不夠哥們兒了吧？！


再看下一段：

China’s leaders have yet to explain in detail the purposes and objectives of the PLA’s modernizing military capabilities. For example, China continues to promulgate incomplete defense expenditure figures, and engage in actions that appear inconsistent with its declaratory policies. The lack of transparency in China’s military and security affairs poses risks to stability by increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation. This situation will naturally and understandably lead to hedging against the unknown.

-- 這活生生就是一副受了委屈的小媳婦的模樣 您要幹嘛也不給咱說清楚，您再這樣，咱可不幹了。

玩笑話說完，講正經的：說到底，大家同住在一個叫地球的屋簷下，有些磕磕碰碰總是難免的，但是真的大打出手把房子打垮了就大家都完了，即使房子沒打垮，鍋碗瓢盆打破了也得買新的，多沒意思啊。

提高透明度、增加雙方軍隊間的交流對雙方都有好處，事實上，去年，中國政府已經朝這方麵努力了，這些報告中都提到了；當然，美方有上天討價的，中方也有落地還錢的，不過總體上還是在磕磕碰碰中向前走的。作為在美國的華裔，要真的打起來，最倒黴的很可能還是咱們，所以咱們這些華裔如果可以的話，應該多做一些促進雙方交流的事。