39 俄罗斯和中国拥有许多共同立场

 

Russia and China Find Common Ground

Ed Warner

Washington

16 Jun 2001 08:13 UTC

 

Just before his meeting with President George Bush in Slovenia, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leaders in Shanghai. Observers say the timing¹ was not 1)accidental. It was meant to send a 2)signal to the United States that Moscow can find a powerful friend 3)elsewhere, if U.S. policies press too hard on Russia. A more formal 4)session with China's President Jiang Zemin is scheduled for July in Moscow.

"We find a common language with our Chinese colleagues on practically all international issues," says Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov.

Opposition² to the proposed U.S. missile-defense system is one issue that unites the two powers. Russian President Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin made this clear after their meeting in Shanghai.

China supports Russia's objection to NATO expansion. Moscow agrees with China that Taiwan must not achieve independence. Both countries oppose the continued U.S. bombing of Iraq and the 5)sanctions on that nation.

In general, Russia and China seek a 6)counterweight to U.S. global power.

They are not likely to get it, says Michael McFaul, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment and professor of political science at Stanford University. The pull of the West remains³ strong in Russia. "It does demonstrate the fundamental divide and debate within Russia about whether they should be looking to the east or looking to the west for their allies and trading partners," he says. "It is no accident that this is happening on the eve of the Bush-Putin summit. I think it is meant to send a signal to the West that they have other 7)options if things do not go well in Slovenia."

Professor McFaul says Russians are disappointed the United States has not made more of an effort to bring them into the Western community. For example, they seek admission to NATO, which has been 8)rebuffed.

The Russia-China relationship is a concern for the United States, says William Kirby, director of the Asian Center at Harvard University. It should not be ignored. It should not be 9)exaggerated. But it has a long way to go before it becomes a threat.

There is too little 10)interaction between the two countries. "The level of trade is extraordinarily⁴ low. Several large-scale co-operative projects have not had the results that one would like," he says. "Levels of 11)cultural [and] human exchange are very small. It is all very, very small scale if you compare it with China's interaction with the West, or with the rest of East Asia. So if economics is any guide, we are not dealing⁵ with a relationship that is going to be closely knit together."

Long-range strategic ties are also doubtful, says Professor McFaul. Since Russia and China came close to war in 1969, they have managed to clear up their border 12)dispute, with a formal announcement expected at the July summit in Moscow.

But that may not end the problem. "All one has to do is 13)pull out a map and look at the giant border between the two countries, and look at the millions of Chinese that live just across that border, and the very small number of Russians," he says. "I predict that 20 years from now, that will be a major source of contention⁶, and that the Russians would be very ill-14)advised in the short term to develop a military alliance with the Chinese."

Still, big powers do not always act as 15)predicted, or even in their own best interest, says Professor Kirby. Russia and China are two great powers. Russia was a 16)superpower and could become one again. Both will insist on their say in international affairs. "If they feel their concerns are being brushed aside, not taken seriously, and the United States is acting⁷ on its own on issues of central importance to them, they will cooperate politically," he says. "They will cooperate in the United Nations. They will cooperate in a variety of other 17)arenas, and at some cost to their own individual areas of cooperation with the United States and other countries."

Professor Kirby says a great power has to be careful about how it explains and asserts its policies. The future of the Russia-China relationship depends to a large 18)extent on U.S. actions.

 

 

(1)      accidental[AksI5dent(E)l]adj.意外的, 非主要的, 附属的

(2)      signal[5sI^n(E)l]n.信号adj.信号的v.发信号, 用信号通知

(3)      elsewhere[els5weE(r); (?@) -5hweEr]adv.在别处

(4)      session[5seF(E)n]n.会议, 开庭

(5)      sanction[5sANkF(E)n]n. 制裁, 认可

(6)      counterweight[5kaJntEweIt]n.平衡物, 称锤, 平衡力

(7)      option[5RpF(E)n]n.选项, 选择权

(8)      rebuff[rI`bQf]n.回绝v.回绝

(9)      exaggerated[I^`zAdVEreItId]adj.夸大的, 言过其实的, 夸张的

(10)      interaction[IntEr5AkF(E)n]n.交互作用, 交感

(11)      cultural[5kQltFEr(E)l]adj.文化的

(12)      dispute[dI5spju:t]v.争论, 辩论,抗拒n.争论, 辩论, 争吵

(13)      pull out v.拔出, 离开, 度过难关, 恢复健康

(14)      advised[ Ed`vaIzd ]adj.考虑过的

(15)      predict[prI5dIkt]v.预知, 预言, 预报

(16)      superpower[5su:pEpaJE(r), 5sju:-]n.超级强权

(17)      arena[E5ri:nE]n.竞技场, 舞台

(18)      extent[Ik5stent]n.广度, 长度, 范围, 区域

 

 

 

1 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

5 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

6 contention   

n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张

参考例句：

• The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
• The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。