新西兰正密切关注北京日益增长的影响力。 [美国媒体]

New Zealand and China are buttingheads over Beijing's growing influence

新西兰正密切关注北京日益增长的影响力。

·       Countries in Asia and Oceania areincreasingly concerned about China's growing influence in the region.
·       This month, New Zealand released adefense-strategy statement outlining the threats China poses to theinternational order.
·       New Zealand, like its neighbors, is alsolooking for ways to deploy hard power.

亚洲和大洋洲国家越来越关注中国在该地区日益增长的影响力。
本月，新西兰发布了一份防御战略声明，概述了中国对国际秩序构成的威胁。
与邻国一样，新西兰也在寻找部署硬实力的方法。

China'sgrowing influence in the Asia-Pacific region has made some of its neighborsuneasy, and many are making political and military efforts to counter what theysee as a potential threat.

中国在亚太地区日益增长的影响力使一些邻国感到不安，许多人正在进行政治和军事努力，以对抗他们所认为的潜在威胁。

Anunofficial report from the Five Eyes intelligence partnership, made up of theUK, US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, recently warned about what it sawas "aconcerted foreign interference campaign" fromChina against New Zealand.

由英国，美国，加拿大，新西兰和澳大利亚组成的五眼情报合作伙伴关系的一份非官方报告最近警告称，中国对新西兰采取了“一场协同的外国干涉运动”。

The currentgovernment in Wellington has denied any tension with its Five Eyes partners,and its latest StrategicDefense Policy statement, released earlier this month by DefenseMinister Ron Mark, puts the perceived challenges posed by Beijing in clearlanguage.

惠灵顿现任政府否认其五眼合作伙伴所言的任何紧张局势，本月早些时候由国防部长罗恩马克发布的最新战略防御政策声明，将北京方面提出的挑战置于清晰的语言之中。

"New Zealand is navigating an increasingly complex and dynamicinternational security environment, and will also face compounding challengesof a scope and magnitude not previously seen in our neighbourhood," thedocument says.

该文件称，“新西兰正在走向一个日益复杂和充满活力的国际安全环境，并将面临前所未有的范围和规模的复杂挑战。”

NewZealand's leaders have in the past shied away from directly naming China when discussing tensions in the region, but thestatement makes explicit criticisms of China, saying that even as Beijing hasbenefited from the international rules-based order and sought greater economicinterconnectedness, "it has not consistently adopted the governance andvalues championed by the [international] order's traditional leaders."

过去，新西兰领导人在讨论该地区的紧张局势时回避直接点名中国，但该声明明确地批评了中国，甚至说，北京得益于国际规则的秩序，获得更大的经济联系。“它并没有一贯采用国际秩序的传统领导人所倡导的统治和价值观。”

China, itsays, "holds views on human rights and freedom of information that standin contrast to those that prevail in New Zealand."

它说，中国“对人权和信息自由持有观点与新西兰的观点形成鲜明对比。”

Beijingwants to "restore claimed historical levels of influence in itsperiphery" and take "an enhanced global leadership role," itadds. In Asia, "China's more confident assertion of its interests has attimes raised tensions with neighbouring states and with the UnitedStates."

它补充说，北京希望“恢复声称其周边地区的历史影响力”并承担“增强全球领导作用”。在亚洲，“中国对其利益的更有信心的断言有时会引起与邻国和美国的紧张关系。”

China'sgrowing military power raises the costs of acting against its interests, andBeijing also "has determined not to engage with an international tribunalruling on the status of sovereignty claims," the statement says, likelyreferring to a 2016 international-court ruling that rejected China's expansive claims in the South China Sea.

中国不断增长的军事力量增加了违背其利益的代价，北京也“决定不与国际法庭就主权要求的地位作出裁决”，该声明说，可能是指2016年国际法院裁决拒绝中国在南中国海的广泛主张。

The paper cites other challenges, such as illiberal approaches to theinternational order taken by countries like Russia and Saudi Arabia, internalconcerns about national-security and political and demographic shifts inWestern democracies, and global sources of disorder like terrorism, climatechange, and cyber threats.

该文件列举了其他挑战，例如俄罗斯和沙特阿拉伯等国采取的国际秩序不自由的方法，国内对国家安全的担忧以及西方民主国家的政治和人口变化，以及恐怖主义，气候变化和 网络威胁。

Uncertaintyabout the US's future international role "has disruptive implications initself," the statement says. And amid increasing competition between worldpowers, "complex transnational threats will disrupt New Zealand'sneighbourhood in ways not previously seen."

声明说，美国未来国际角色的不确定性“本身具有破坏性影响”。在世界大国之间日益激烈的竞争中，“复杂的跨国威胁将以前所未有的方式扰乱新西兰的社区。”

Whenpresenting the document, Mark said it would not surprise China, which he saidwould respect New Zealand's "forthrightness." In the days since,however, Beijing has responded severely.

在提交文件时，马克表示，中国不会感到惊讶，他说这（译者注：中国）将理解新西兰的“直率”。然而，在此后的几天里，北京方面做出了严厉的回应。

ChineseForeign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Monday that Beijing "lodged sternrepresentations" with Wellington over the latter's "wrongremarks."

中国外交部女发言人华春莹星期一说，北京对惠灵顿的“错误言论”提出“严厉的关切”。

"Weurge New Zealand to view the relevant issue in an objective way, correct itswrong words and deeds and contribute more to the mutual trust and cooperationbetween our two countries," she said.

她说：“我们敦促新西兰以客观的方式看待有关问题，纠正错误的言行，为两国之间的相互信任与合作做出更多贡献。”

WinstonPeters, New Zealand's foreign minister, also said on Monday that China hadexpressed concern over the paper through its ambassador in Wellington and toNew Zealand's ambassador in Beijing, but he downplayed the response and saidhis government would not change course.

新西兰外交部长温斯顿·彼特斯星期一也表示，中国通过其驻惠灵顿大使和新西兰驻北京大使表达了对该文件的担忧，但他淡化了这一回应，并说他的政府不会改变方向。

"We'renot here to make people happy," he said."We're here to be a responsible international citizen."

“我们不是来让人们快乐的，”他说。我们在这里是一个负责任的国际公民。”

"NewZealand's position had firmed up," Robert Alyson, a professor at VictoriaUniversity's Center for Strategic Studies, toldThe Wall Street Journal. "It's more willing to say things about China thatare a bit critical."

维多利亚大学战略研究中心教授罗伯特·艾利森在接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示，“新西兰的立场已经坚定”。“它更愿意对中国说一些有点关键的事情。”

NewZealand's response to China's growing presence is not been limited to words.

新西兰对中国日益增长的存在的反应并不局限于言辞。

Days afterannouncing the new defense statement, the government there approved the nearly$1.5 billion purchase of four P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which aremade by Boeing and are in use by a number of allies, including Australia andthe UK. South Korea also recently said it would purchase several Poseidons.

在宣布新的防御声明后的几天，政府批准了近15亿美元购买四架P-8A 波塞冬（译者注：海神）海上巡逻机，这些飞机由波音公司生产，并被包括澳大利亚和英国在内的多个盟国使用。 韩国最近也表示会购买几架波塞冬。

The purchasein Wellington's biggest military buy in decades, and the planes will give theisland nation enhanced patrol and intelligence-gathering capability — as wellas an advanced sub hunter— at atime when China's growingsubmarine fleet is worrying itsneighbors.

在数十年来购买惠灵顿最大规模的军购，这些飞机将使该岛国增强巡逻和情报收集能力- 以及先进的潜艇猎人 - 在中国不断增长的潜艇舰队令其邻国担忧的时候。

Wellington got rid of its combat aircraft at thebeginning of this century, and the fleet of aging P-3 Orion patrol aircraftthat the Poseidons will replace have seen their maintenance costs spike overthe past decade. The Defense Ministry has said the Orions would need to bereplaced by the mid-2020s. The Poseidons are tostart operations in 2023.

惠灵顿在本世纪初摆脱了战斗机，波塞冬将取代老旧的P-3猎户座巡逻机，在过去的十年里，它们的维护成本飙升。 国防部表示，需要在20世纪20年代中期取代猎户座。 波塞冬将于2023年开始运作。

"Thisdecision strengthens the coalition government's Pacific reset by providing amaritime patrol capability with the significant range and endurance needed toassist our partners in the region," Mark said.

马克说：“这一决定通过提供海上巡逻能力来加强联合政府对太平洋重建，这有助于我们在更大范围和长久的向该地区的合作伙伴提供必要的协助。”