(3). For the sake of global peace, the armed forces of the world’s two superpowers must learn to communicate
为了全球和平,世界两个超级大国的军队必须学会沟通
(4). 1:IT IS A sobering thought that official military communication between America and China is still conducted by fax machine. 2:The use of this obsolete technology symbolises a worrying lack of effective dialogue between the two countries’ armed forces. 3:The giants jostle for space in the western Pacific; their ships and jets man oeuvre close to each other every day. 4:Neither side wants war, but China is intent on keeping America at bay. 5:It is easy to imagine how a collision in the air or at sea could escalate. 6:Casualties could fan nationalist flames on either side and cause twitchy officers, or political leaders, to respond in ways that lead rapidly to disaster. 7:So could a misunderstanding by either side of the other’s military movements. 8:Relations between China and America are already strained over trade and a host of other matters. 9:So it is only common sense to try to reduce the risk that their cold-war style sparring might turn hot.
(5). 1:American and Chinese officers are getting to know each other better. 2:Exchanges between their military academies, port calls and high-level visits to each other’s countries have multiplied over the years. 3:But there is still a huge gulf. 4:Much of the interaction is superficial. 5:American officers often describe the Chinese who talk to them as “barbarian handlers”: polished, English-speaking political appointees, usually intelligence officers, whose uniforms have never been crumpled or muddied.