Senior officials from the US and China will meet in Washington this week for the latest round of their high-profile Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Following last month’s summit between President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, there is much for both sides to discuss. The US wants the new Chinese leadership to take a tougher line over North Korea’s nuclear programme. Washington wants to make progress with Beijing on climate change, amid signs that the issue has moved up the Chinese agenda. But the most politically charged issue is whether the US can persuade China to scale back the huge amount of cyber espionage against US companies that it is accused of engaging in.
美中高級官員本周將齊聚華盛頓，參加兩國最新一輪戰略與經濟對話(Strategic and Economic Dialogue)。在上月美國總統巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)和中國國家領導人習近平之間的峰會后，雙方存在諸多有待討論的問題。比如美國希望中國新領導層對朝鮮核計劃采取更強硬的立場。美國政府也希望與中方在氣候變化問題上取得進展，尤其是有跡象顯示中國對氣候問題的關注正在升級。但政治色彩最為強烈的問題，莫過于美國能否說服中國克制針對美國公司的大量所謂網絡間諜活動。