“Planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed,” said Xi Jinping, China’s president, as he met his US counterpart Joe Biden in San Francisco. It was one of several upbeat messages between the US and Chinese leaders as they made their clearest bid to stabilise ties since a bitter trade war erupted in 2018. Though it remains tentative, the indications are that the two men achieved at least the beginnings of a “reset” in relations that have slumped to their lowest ebb in 40 years.
中國國家主席習近平在舊金山與美國總統喬?拜登(Joe Biden)會晤時表示:“這個地球容得下中美兩國,我們各自的成功是彼此的機遇。”這是中美兩國領導人釋放的多條積極信息之一,也是自2018年兩國間爆發激烈的貿易戰以來,兩位領導人為穩定兩國關系所做的最明確的努力。盡管仍是試探性的,但種種跡象表明,兩人至少為“重啟”已跌至40年來最低谷的兩國關系按下了開始鍵。