2015年CRI China-U.S. Ties Solid for Years: Powell

 

Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and a retired¹ four-star general in the United States Army, says he agrees with the view that China and the U.S. can create a new pattern of power politics to avoid rivalry².

He made this comment in Washington DC ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's scheduled visit to the United States this month.

"It has always been complex. There are many areas in which we have great cooperation such as we've seen recently on the Iran nuclear agreement where the United States worked with China to get that agreement along with Russia and the European Nations. We also have seen important agreement recently on climate change with China and the United States coming into alignment³ on the need to do something about it."

He points out, even though there are occasional disagreements with respect to trade, the trading relationship between the two countries has been significant and enormously beneficial to both sides.

With regards to the "rebalance to Asia" or "pivot⁴ to Asia" policy initiated⁵ by President Obama in 2011, general Powell said he disapproved⁶ the use of the word "containment⁷" as the United States can't contain China nor should the United States think it can contain China.

"I think it's quite possible for our two nations and the other nations in the region, all of us, have to come together and understand that the region is best served by peace and by stability and by open dialogue."

With China having become the second largest economy in the world, Powell says the two sides should make their best diplomatic efforts to solve differences.

Having visited China many times in recent decades, Powell says he was deeply impressed with the enormous changes that have taken place in China over the years.

"I have seen colors explode. I have seen the entrepreneurial spirit that was always within Chinese spirit, within the Chinese soul, explode to create that kind of economic miracle that we have seen in the last 40 years."

As the world's two largest economies, the U.S. and China are increasingly economically interdependent.

Trade volume of the two countries hit 550 billion U.S. dollars last year and the combined economies account for about 40 percent of recent global GDP growth.

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1 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

2 rivalry   

n.竞争，竞赛，对抗

参考例句：

• The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
• He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。

3 alignment   

n.队列；结盟，联合

参考例句：

• The church should have no political alignment.教会不应与政治结盟。
• Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟。

4 pivot   

v.在枢轴上转动；装枢轴，枢轴；adj.枢轴的

参考例句：

• She is the central pivot of creation and represents the feminine aspect in all things.她是创造的中心枢轴，表现出万物的女性面貌。
• If a spring is present,the hand wheel will pivot on the spring.如果有弹簧，手轮的枢轴会装在弹簧上。

5 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。

6 disapproved   

v.不赞成( disapprove的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My parents disapproved of my marriage. 我父母不赞成我的婚事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing. 她不赞成儿子不加选择地收看电视。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。