歐布萊恩談的是意識形態,瑞伊局長提到間諜活動,巴爾部長說的是經濟。今天,我要為美國人民完整說明,來自中國的威脅對我們的經濟、我們的自由,甚至全球自由民主的意義。
Next year marks half a century since Dr. Kissinger’s secret mission to China, and the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s trip isn’t too far away in 2022. The world was much different then. We imagined engagement with China would produce a future with bright promise of comity and cooperation. But today – today we’re all still wearing masks and watching the pandemic’s body count rise because the CCP failed in its promises to the world. We’re reading every morning new headlines of repression in Hong Kong and in Xinjiang.
季辛吉(Henry Kissinger)博士當初密訪中國,到明年就屆滿50週年,2022年則是尼克森總統訪問中國的50週年。當時的世界與今天非常不同。我們想像跟中國交往能帶來充滿美好光明的前景,兩國將以禮相待、合作無間。然而今天,我們全都還得戴著口罩,看著疫情造成的死亡人數攀升,因為中共未能實現它對這個世界的承諾。每天早上我們讀到的頭條講的都是對於香港和新疆的各種打壓。
We’re seeing staggering statistics of Chinese trade abuses that cost American jobs and strike enormous blows to the economies all across America, including here in southern California. And we’re watching a Chinese military that grows stronger and stronger, and indeed more menacing.