Chinese Envoy Hails Xi-Obama Meeting

　　China's Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, is describing the upcoming meeting between Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama as "strategic and historic."

 

　　CRI's Marc Cavegli has more.

 

　　Earlier this week, Ambassador Cui Tiankai took part in a joint¹ interview with several major Chinese media outlets² in the US.

 

　　Cui says the meeting will be held at Walter and Leonore Annenberg estate in California, also dubbed³ the Camp David in west America.

 

　　It is the first face-to-face contact of heads of state between the two countries after both sides recent government transitions.

 

　　The leaders will conduct in-depth exchanges on important issues, including building a new type of relationship between big powers and future development of bilateral⁴ ties.

 

　　"Nowadays, international situation and human society is undergoing significant, complex and profound changes. Globalization and informatization has led to closer ties among all countries. Interdependence and interest convergence among countries is unprecedented⁵. As the largest developing country and developed country in the world, China and the US share increasingly extensive common interests and broader space for cooperation."

 

　　Cui says under the new circumstances, the development of China and the US concerns not only the interests of the two countries, but also peace, stability and development of the Asian-Pacific region and the world at large.

 

　　He says the two sides should defend the fundamental interests of not only people of the two countries but also the whole world.

 

　　Cui talks about focusing on the overall picture, facing the future, and developing a new type of big power relationship, which adapts to the development of the times.

 

　　"The new relationship between big powers should feature equality and mutual⁶ trust, tolerance⁷ and mutual exchanges, cooperation and win-win results. On the basis of that, we strive for a long term and stable development of bilateral ties. That is a shared and unprecedented cause of two countries, which will usher⁸ in a new phase of Sino-US relation and start a new chapter for international relations. "

 

　　Cui says all the preparation work for the upcoming meeting is underway.

 

　　He also adds he is looking forward to the significant and positive achievements of the meeting.

 

　　He hopes the talks can lead to a clear direction in planning for future development, thus bringing more benefits to not only Chinese and American people but others all over the world.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Marc Cavegli.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

6 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

7 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

8 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。