2018年CRI Senior Chinese diplomat calls on US to abandon 'power politics'

 

A leading Chinese diplomat¹ has told an audience in the US state of Pennsylvania that the United States should be looking toward a broader re-tooling of its foreign policy away from "power politics."

00:00/03:25 Addressing a large audience at the 2018 Penn Wharton China Summit on Saturday at the University of Pennsylvania, senior Chinese diplomat Fu Ying, Vice² Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, says the China-U.S. relationship has witnessed profound changes over the past few decades, with both sides gaining from cooperation, but also encountering difficulties.

She says the broader question being asked is where the Trump³ administration wants to take bilateral⁴ relations.

"The US has become increasingly concerned about China, defining China as a strategic competitor which, presumably, is challenging the US interests and the US influence, and erodes⁵ the US security and prosperity. And now, in the past few weeks, the US is threatening tough trade measures against China, putting more strains on our relationship."

Fu Ying does concede that China's rapid economic development and political influence is starting to make a growing number of Americans worried.

She suggests the Trump administration needs to assess its policies toward China, suggesting the Chinese people are not "feeling the gravitational force of the 'Thucydides Trap'" with the US.

"With a sense of equanimity⁶, we are convinced that China-US cooperation is in the fundamental interests of both our two countries and conducive⁷ to world peace and development."

Fu Ying says while "peace and prosperity" has always been the goal of the Chinese nation, that peace needs to be defended with adequate capabilities⁸.

Citing Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at this year's Boao Forum⁹ for Asia, Fu Ying says the US side should be moving to try to embrace China’s new policies and measures to further open up its markets to the rest of the world. 

"China and the US have been important partners to each other over the years. It is in the interest of both sides to maintain this partnership¹⁰ and find mutually acceptable solutions to our differences. We stand to gain working together. We would both lose should we enter into confrontation¹¹, be it for trade or for any other matters."

Fu Ying's opinions have been echoed by Geoffrey Garrett, Dean of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, a leading US business school and US President Donald Trump's Alma Mater.

"It's true that China and America are different. The most important thing we can all do is to ensure that the differences between China and the United States are source of strength, source of economic growth, and source of business opportunity, not a source of conflict. The best way to make that history is through more engagement, more understanding, more business-to-business ties, more cultural understanding, so more engagement is just the right path for us in the most important relationship in the 21st century. "

Garrett has also taken time to laud¹² China's growing role in global affairs, noting that the country - in just the last 20-years - has been able to evolve from a low-cost manufacturer to one of the leading engines of global economic growth through innovation.

1 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

2 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。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 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。

5 erodes   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的第三人称单数 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The sea erodes the rock. 海水侵蚀岩石。
• The sea erodes the land. 海洋侵蚀陆地。

6 equanimity   

n.沉着，镇定

参考例句：

• She went again,and in so doing temporarily recovered her equanimity.她又去看了戏，而且这样一来又暂时恢复了她的平静。
• The defeat was taken with equanimity by the leadership.领导层坦然地接受了失败。

7 conducive   

adj.有益的，有助的

参考例句：

• This is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.这样的氛围更有利于学习。
• Exercise is conducive to good health.体育锻炼有助于增强体质。

8 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

9 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

10 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

11 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

12 laud   

n.颂歌；v.赞美

参考例句：

• Kathy was very pleased to have graduated cum laud in her class.凯西在班上以优等成绩毕业，她为此而非常高兴。
• We laud him a warmhearted man.我们称赞他是个热心人。