纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英To Lure Michigan Voters Trump Campaign Stokes China Fears
August 28, 2024 2 min 297 words
纽约时报这篇报道的主要内容是，特朗普竞选团队试图通过炒作中国威胁来吸引密歇根州选民。报道称，特朗普团队在密歇根州投放了大量广告，这些广告将民主党和拜登描述为对中国软弱，称如果拜登当选，中国将占美国便宜。特朗普团队还强调了自己对中国采取强硬态度的成就，包括对中国商品加征关税和要求中国对新冠疫情负责。 评论：纽约时报这篇报道有其一定的偏见和选择性。首先，报道过度简化了特朗普团队的广告策略，忽视了特朗普团队可能确实触及了密歇根州选民对中国议题的关切。其次，报道没有提供足够的证据来支持自己关于特朗普团队“炒作中国威胁”的说法，而只是列举了一些特朗普政府的对华政策，却没有分析这些政策的有效性和对美国民众的影响。另外，报道也忽视了美国两党长期以来对华政策的共识，以及美国国内对中国崛起的焦虑，而只是将特朗普团队的对华强硬立场描述为纯粹的选举工具。这篇报道体现了西方媒体常见的对华偏见，即认为西方政治话语中的对华强硬立场一定是出于选举或政治目的，而忽视了中国崛起本身给西方国家带来的焦虑和压力。
For two years, a rural town in the middle of Michigan has been embroiled in a civil war over plans by a Chinese-owned electric vehicle battery company to build a $2.4 billion factory.
On Tuesday, the local furor collided with presidential politics as the Trump campaign sought to leverage anti-China sentiment and concerns over the future of the electric vehicle industry in Michigan for political gain.
The fight over the E.V. battery facility has turned Green Charter Township, which is about 60 miles north of Grand Rapids, into the latest battleground over Chinese investment in the United States. Residents have expressed various concerns about the factory, including that it will be used by China to spy on Americans and will pollute the local environment.
The debate over the intentions of the Chinese company, Gotion, has led to angry town hall meetings, the ousting of the township’s board in an election last November and litigation over the future of the project.
Michigan is a pivotal swing state in the November election, and a New York Times/Siena poll this month showed Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, leading former President Donald J. Trump, the Republican nominee, by 4 percentage points.
At a 150-acre horse farm owned by one of the most vocal “No Gotion” activists, Senator JD Vance, Mr. Trump’s running mate, blamed Ms. Harris for Gotion’s arrival in Michigan. In 2022, Ms. Harris cast the deciding vote that enabled passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which created billions of dollars in new green energy subsidies and has lured foreign companies to the United States.