纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Top Biden Aide Holds Rare Talks With Chinese Military General
August 30, 2024 2 min 382 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是：美国拜登政府与中国军方举行罕见会谈，试图缓和中美两国武装部队之间的紧张关系，美国白宫国家安全顾问沙利文与中央军委联合参谋部参谋长李作成上将举行了会谈。报道称，沙利文提出对中国在网络安全和朝鲜问题上的行为表示关切，并强调了管理两国之间紧张关系的重要性。 评论：该报道虽较为客观地呈现了会谈内容，但背后仍存在一定偏见。例如，报道中出现“罕见会谈”一词，可能暗示中美关系紧张，两国缺乏沟通；又例如，报道中着重强调了沙利文提出的问题，而对中方立场简单带过，可能造成中国让步美国施压的印象，不够客观平衡。此外，报道未提及中美关系紧张的背景原因，未体现双方在会后的积极表态，也未展现除中美关系之外的更多维度，有“唯美对华关系观”之嫌。该报道虽不完全偏颇，但的确存在一定程度的选择性报道，有待进一步完善。
The White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met on Thursday with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and held rare talks with a top Chinese military official in a sign that the two countries are communicating at senior levels despite tensions over the South China Sea and Taiwan.
Mr. Sullivan’s meeting with Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, was the first in years between a senior American official and a vice chair of the commission, which oversees China’s armed forces and is chaired by Mr. Xi. In 2018, Jim Mattis, who was the U.S. defense secretary at the time, met with Gen. Xu Qiliang, who held the vice chair position.
It was the latest effort by the two powers to keep communication channels open even as disputes grow over national security, trade and geopolitics. On the military front, the United States has argued that more open communication is necessary to prevent accidents between the two countries’ warplanes and navy ships as they regularly patrol contested areas like the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
“A meeting with Zhang Youxia is very significant, and an indication that China is prepared to meaningfully re-engage with the Department of Defense,” said Drew Thompson, a visiting senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. “Beijing views the military-to-military relationship as an important political indicator of the overall relationship, which differs somewhat from the U.S. perspective, which sees it as a more pragmatic channel to reduce risk.”
Mr. Sullivan’s meeting with General Zhang, which was held at the headquarters of China’s People’s Liberation Army, came on the final day of his three-day visit to Beijing to bolster the Biden administration’s bid to manage competition with China.
China and the United States have been locked in a rivalry for global influence and have seen tensions rise over a raft of issues, including China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, its tacit support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the flood of Chinese electric vehicles and solar panels onto global markets.