2016年CRI State Councilor meets U.S. National Security Advisor

 

Meeting with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi following her arrival in Beijing, Susan Rice says the two countries are moving to strengthen their cooperation, but still need to work through their respective disputes openly.

"At the same time we managed to strengthen and deepen our cooperation on issues ranging from development to non-proliferation and also at the same time we also improved our cooperation in areas like the military to military realm. And yet we also find ourselves facing real issues and challenges and to the extent that we are able to surface those challenges in candour and openness, I'm confident that we will be able to work through them as we have many others in the past."

For his part, Yang Jiechi says he's confident both sides can handle their differences in a proper manner.

"In general China-US relations have been stable and the two countries have maintained consultation¹ and cooperation on bilateral², regional and global issues. However, there are still differences between us that need to be tackled properly."

Rice's visit to China comes on the heels of this month's ruling against China in the South China Sea arbitration³ unilaterally initiated⁴ by the Philippines, which the Chinese government says has the United States fingerprints⁵ all over it.

As such, the dispute over issues in the South China Sea is going to be the major topic Rice will be addressing as part of her meetings with Chinese officials.

Jin Canrong, vice⁶ dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University, says he believes Rice has a dual-track purpose in being here.

"First of all, the U.S. wants to claim its ignorance, since it's commonly believed in the Chinese mainland that the South China Sea arbitration is a political action, which was most likely manipulated by the U.S. Secondly⁷, the U.S. wants to draw a bottom line for China, and might also try to find out China's real situation."

Officially, Rice is in China to help set the groundwork for the forthcoming G20 Leader Summit in September.

Teng Jianqun, a senior researcher at China Institute of International Studies, says Rice will likely determine if there is interest in a one-on-one meeting between her President and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 in Hangzhou.

"Rice, as the U.S. National Security Advisor⁸ and also the top aide to President Obama, is expected to lay out Obama's priorities for the meeting, including the arrangement of his schedule in China during the G20 Summit, which she will determine with Chinese officials during her visit."

This year's G20 Leaders Summit is due to be held in Hangzhou on September 4th and 5th.

Apart from meeting with officials in Beijing, Susan Rice is also travelling to Shanghai where she'll meet with business executives to try to determine what working conditions are like for businesses operating in China.

She's also expected to meet with a number of Chinese private citizens.

Her visit is set to end on Wednesday.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 consultation   

n.咨询；商量；商议；会议

参考例句：

• The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
• The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。

2 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

3 arbitration   

n.调停，仲裁

参考例句：

• The wage disagreement is under arbitration.工资纠纷正在仲裁中。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding.双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

4 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

5 fingerprints   

n.指纹( fingerprint的名词复数 )v.指纹( fingerprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Everyone's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的指纹都是独一无二的。
• They wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind (them). 他们戴着手套，以免留下指纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

8 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。