继续不谈风月，只谈政事 -- ２００８年的中国军力报告，也就是美国国防部一年一度要交给国会的功课今天出炉了。
有兴趣的同学可以在这里找到。

今年的报告保持一贯风格：该简练的地方决不累赘、该详细的地方毫不含糊，行文流畅、图文并茂；虽然有一两处笔误，但总体来说堪称学生论文的典范。

俺还没看完，不过开头的 Executive Summary 有两段挺有意思的，看起来倒像是写给胡哥而不是给国会看的。特摘录下来，与诸君共赏：

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.

-- 这段明明就是说 您看看，咱从以前到现在帮您帮了这么多，别人有谁像咱这么够哥们儿的。您有好东西还遮着掩着不让咱瞧，这太太太太不够哥们儿了吧？！


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.

-- 这活生生就是一副受了委屈的小媳妇的模样 您要干嘛也不给咱说清楚，您再这样，咱可不干了。

玩笑话说完，讲正经的：说到底，大家同住在一个叫地球的屋檐下，有些磕磕碰碰总是难免的，但是真的大打出手把房子打垮了就大家都完了，即使房子没打垮，锅碗瓢盆打破了也得买新的，多没意思啊。

提高透明度、增加双方军队间的交流对双方都有好处，事实上，去年，中国政府已经朝这方面努力了，这些报告中都提到了；当然，美方有上天讨价的，中方也有落地还钱的，不过总体上还是在磕磕碰碰中向前走的。作为在美国的华裔，要真的打起来，最倒霉的很可能还是咱们，所以咱们这些华裔如果可以的话，应该多做一些促进双方交流的事。