中英关系：相互青睐，但还谈不上是相爱 [英国媒体]

The view from China: 'golden friendship' with UK not yet a love affair

As President Xi Jinping arrives in London for a state visit, Chinese media warn the diplomatic freeze has not entirely thawed

来自中国的视点：同英国是黄金般的友情，但还称不上是相爱。

正值习近平总统抵达伦敦进行国事访问，中国媒体则提醒，外交坚冰尚未完全消融。

Tom Phillips in BeijingTuesday 20 October 2015 01.35 BSTLast modified on Tuesday 20 October 201510.28 BST

Downing Street’s intensifyingflirtation with Beijing has yet to develop into a full-blown love affair,Chinese state media has warned, as president Xi Jinping touched down in Londonfor hisfirst state visit to Britain.

Officials in bothLondon and Beijing have trumpeted Xi’s four-day trip, which starts onTuesday, as the beginning of a “golden time” of relations through which Britain seeks to secure billions ofpounds of Chinese investment and Chinahopesto boost its global reach.

“Chinaattaches great importance to growing relations with the United Kingdom,” Xi said in a statement after landing at Heathrow airport with hiswife, Peng Liyuan. “Todeepen China-UK relationship is in the fundamental interests of both countriesand peoples, and meets the trend of the times.”

In an editorial, thegovernment-run China Daily newspaper predicted that Xi’s time in Britainwould feature “many memorablehighlights that will almost certainly grab the limelight back home”.

“Buthis visit is more about diplomatic realism. It is too early to talk about aUK-China ‘love story,’” theEnglish-language newspaper added.

正值习近平抵达伦敦开启对英国的首次访问。中国媒体此时则提醒道，虽然唐宁街与北京之间频频眉来眼去，但还没发展到热恋程度。

伦敦与北京的官员共同宣布，为开启“黄金时期”关系，习将于本周二进行为期四天的访问，在此期间，英国力图争取获得中国数十亿英镑的投资、而中国希望借此提高全球影响力。

“中国非常重视发展与英国之间的关系，”习近平在伦敦希思罗机场与他的夫人彭丽媛，在一份声明中说到。“深化中英关系符合两国和两国人民的根本利益，符合时代潮流。”

国有报纸《中国日报》在一篇社论中表示，预计习近平在英国访问期间将有“很多值得纪念的亮点，几乎肯定会抢尽风头”。

“但他的访问更是基于外交现实主义。该报英文版表示，说中英相爱还为时尚早。



UK prime ministerDavid Cameron and chancellor George Osborne have been waging an untiringcampaign to reconquer Beijing’s affections since the prime minister’s 2012 meeting with the Dalai Lama led to a lengthy diplomatic freeze.
Those attemptsat seduction included a controversial recent trip to China by Osborne, during which hevisited Xinjiang, which activists say has the worst human rights record of anyChinese region.
For many that tripwas a step too far.
“Thereare aspects of the charm offensive that I find very difficult to defend, mostimportantly George Osborne’s visit to Xinjiang,” said Michel Hockx, the director of the China Institute at theUniversity of London’s School of Oriental and AfricanStudies.

由于卡梅伦曾在2012年会见达赖，致使（两国）外交关系陷入停顿，因而卡梅伦首相和奥斯本财政大臣发动了一场锲而不舍的重夺北京欢心的运动。
这些尝试包括奥斯本近期的一次有争议访问，在他访问新疆期间，一些活动家表示，中国的某些地区有着最糟糕的人权纪录。
相对而言，这次出行（的意义）跨度很大。
“在有些魅力攻势面前，我认为很难会被拒绝，最突出的是，奥斯本对新疆的访问”，伦敦大学东方与非洲研究学院中国研究所所长，米歇尔霍克斯说道。



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“I think that is an area where no matterwhat your position is towards the Chinese government and no matter how much youwant dialogue and mutual understanding, I think most people agree that what theChinese government is doing in Xinjiang is just wrong and is a violation ofpeople’s rights, religious freedom, religiousexpression and I don’t think George Osborne had anyreason to go there.”

“我认为，这里有个界限，你无论对中国持何种立场，你无论多么想通过交流（增进）相互间的理解，我想大多数人都会有个共识，那就是中国政府在新疆所作所为都是错误的，是违反人权的，是违反宗教自由和宗教表达的，我认为奥斯本没有任何理由去那里。”

In recent weekswestern diplomatic cables coming out of embassies in Beijing have been packedwith “snideremarks” about British kowtowing, according to the Financial Times.
“Whatwe are seeing is a case study in kowtow,” aninfluential retired senior US official said.
As Xi arrived inLondon on Monday night, Chinese media has swatted away such complaints.
“Britishsociety, like other western ones, holds a prejudice against the rising China.Yet this prejudice is not rooted in the UK’s coreinterests,” the Global Times tabloid argued in an editorial.
A front-page story in theCommunist party’sofficial mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, claimed countries uncomfortable with China’s rise were attempting to “sabotage” its golden friendship withBritain.
“Thereare eight hours’ time difference and 8,000km separatingBeijing and London. But the distance does not stop the people of both countriesfrom reaching out with friendship,” it said.

据金融时报报道，近几周，在北京大使馆之外的西方外交媒体充斥着有关英国“磕头“的评论。
当习主席于星期一晚上抵达伦敦时，中国媒体则刻意回避了诸如此类的“噪音“。
《环球时报》在一篇社论中指出，同其他西方国家一样，英国社会也同样对中国崛起抱有偏见。然而，这种偏见并未植入英国的核心利益。
共产党的官方媒体，《人民日报》头版报道称，声称对中国的崛起感到不安的国家，正试图“破坏”中英之间的黄金般的友谊。
北京距伦敦有8000公里和八小时的时差。但遥远的距离阻止不了两国人民的友谊，“它说到。

Beatalpha 1d ago 2 3
It is obviously an interesting display of evolving relations between us,although I was promised a 'golden friendship'. Then the article makes no directquote of this and it becomes 'golden time'. As long as it's golden, that's themain point.

对于我们相互间关系的发展，这确实令人关注，虽说我们已承诺“黄金般的友谊“。但这篇文章有一点没提，成为'黄金期'。重点是在”金“上。

Ashleeyoung39  Beatalpha 1d ago 2 3
I agree with you, as long as itis golden...

同意你的说法，钱在人情在嘛…

Franco87  Beatalpha 1d ago 8 9
Golden Shower more like...
those of us who have lived outside Britain know what the Chinesegovernment does to its clients countries. Just ask those African countries likeTanzania and Sierra Leone that pivoted towards China after independence. I'mafraid years of bullying and mass economic dumping now lie in store - inexchange for dodgy bits of "infrastructure" only Chinese engineerscan understand. God help us.

那些生活在英国以外的人都知道中国政府对其他国家是怎么做的吗。问问像坦桑尼亚和塞拉利昂那些非洲国家吧，它们独立后就都倒向中国了。我怕的是多年的威逼利诱和通过商店大规模的经济倾销，或施以一点“基础建设”来换东西，只有中国的工程师能领会这点。上帝啊帮帮我们吧。

Lentille  quarrytone 1d ago 5 6
It still is exploitation. People are working in slave like conditions forchinese company bosses with zero interest in human rights. If that's whatEngland wants to become, you're welcome, I guess.

还不是利用，人们像奴隶似的为毫无人权意识的中企老板打工。如果这就是英国想要的，你就会受到欢迎，我猜。