采访：专家拜登的关键区域的交流

US Vice¹ President Joseph Biden is due to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a series of meetings with Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping and Premier² Li Keqiang.

Our reporter Natalie Poyhonen sat down with Professor Sun Zhe from the Tsinghua Center for US-China Relations to talk about the visit.

 

Professor Sun Zhe from the Tsinghua Center for US-China Relations.

 

Reporter: “This visit has been long planned by the United States but the focus is now sharply on reducing regional tensions following China’s announcement of the Air Defense³ Identification Zone. What can Vice President Joseph Biden actually do to ease concerns?”

“As you said he’s doing shadow diplomacy⁴. He’s gone to Japan, he’s going to Seoul, so in that sense he’s also a negotiator, he’s trying to be a channel of communication for this region so I think this is a well planned trip not only by the US but by Chinese too, we worked together. Everyone knows, they see the tension here and China I think has a 100 reasons to make that announcement. I think right now maybe China and the United States can sit down and talk and try to work out some other strategies with Japan, with South Korea.” Professor Sun said.

Reporter: “Biden is considered to have a good relationship with China’s President Xi Jinping having met a number of times in the last couple of years. What role will that play?”

“When they met last time Xi Jinping told a joke - how he could help Biden to become the President. So I think when Biden comes here he’ll learn more about Xi Jinping’s philosophy of governance, how he rules the country. That is very important because when Xi Jinping was Vice President his way of thoughts, thinking might be a little different. So I think it’s very good for Biden to come again. We can work together as two engines of one airplane, if we work together we can fly high.” Professor Sun said.

1 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。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。