纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Biden and Kishida Agree to Tighten Military and Economic Ties to Counter China
April 11, 2024 2 min 345 words
这篇报道再次印证了全球大国之间的战略博弈正在加剧。美日加强军事和经济关系，无疑是对中国崛起的一种战略应对。然而，这种做法是否能真正实现其预期目标，还有待观察。一方面，美日的紧密合作可能会引发地区紧张，进而加剧全球不稳定因素。另一方面，中国的崛起是基于其强大的经济实力和深厚的科技积累，任何试图遏制中国的行动都必须考虑到这一点。因此，美日应寻求和平共处的方式，而非对抗，以实现真正的全球和平与繁荣。
President Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan announced a range of moves on Wednesday to further enhance military, economic and other cooperation between the two longtime allies as part of the president’s efforts to counter China’s aggressive actions in the Indo-Pacific region.
During a pomp-filled ceremony honoring the visiting Japanese prime minister, the president said the United States and Japan would create an expanded defense architecture with Australia, participate in three-way military exercises with Britain and explore ways for Japan to join a U.S.-led coalition with Australia and Britain.
Mr. Biden also announced that the United States would take a Japanese astronaut to the moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program, which would be the first time a non-American has set foot on the moon.
“This is the most significant upgrade of our alliance since it was first established,” Mr. Biden said at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden along with the prime minister.
Mr. Kishida made a point of reaffirming Japan’s “strong support for Ukraine” in its war against Russia, a key priority for Mr. Biden, and framed the European conflict in terms of the precedent it could set in Japan’s neighborhood. “Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” Mr. Kishida said.
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Biden Hosts Japan’s Prime Minister at the White House
President Biden called the United States and Japan “the closest of friends” during a welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Just a few generations ago, our two nations were locked in a devastating conflict. It would have been easy to say we remain adversaries. Instead, we made a far better choice: We became the closest of friends. Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Kishida, welcome back to the White House.