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中文版：
奥巴马启程对亚洲四国访问美国总统奥巴马１２日乘专机离开华盛顿，开始对日本、新加坡、中国和韩国进行访问，并出席亚太经合组织领导人非正式会议。这也是奥巴马出任美国总统以来的首次亚洲之行。
根据白宫公布的访问行程，奥巴马一行１２日当天经停阿拉斯加，并视察埃尔门多夫美国空军基地。
１３日，奥巴马抵达东京并于当晚会晤日本首相鸠山由纪夫。１４日，奥巴马将在三得利音乐厅就美国亚洲政策发表演讲，随后将拜会天皇明仁。
１４日晚，奥巴马抵达新加坡。１５日，奥巴马出席亚太经合组织领导人非正式会议并与东盟国家领导人举行多边会谈。访新期间，奥巴马还将与新加坡总理李显龙、俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫等举行双边会谈。
１５日晚，奥巴马抵达上海。１６日晚，奥巴马抵达北京，并于１７日和１８日与中国领导人举行双边会谈。
１８日晚，奥巴马抵达首尔。１９日，奥巴马与韩国总统李明博举行双边会谈。当晚，奥巴马一行启程返美。（记者 蒋国鹏 赵毅）
ENGLISH VERSION
Obama sets off for Asia
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama left for Asia on Thursday withthe US economy, jobs and a huge trade deficit with China looming largeon his agenda.
Global climate change, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) and Iranian nuclear disputes and Obama's review of hisAfghanistan strategy are also major topics for his talks with theChinese and other officials on the first trip to Asia of hispresidency."I will be meeting with leadersabroad to discuss a strategy for growth that is both balanced andbroadly shared," Obama said at the White House before departing forJapan, underlining the economic focus of his week-long trip.
"It is a strategy in which Asia andPacific markets are open to our exports and one in which prosperityaround the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption andborrowing but rather on American innovation and products."
In an interview with Reuters this week, Obama described China as a "vital partner, as well as a competitor."
Obama's nine-day tour includes a stopin Singapore for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, followedby visits to Shanghai, Beijing and Seoul.
Obama said he would talk to theChinese about revaluing their currency, the yuan, as well asencouraging Chinese consumers to spend more and opening Chinese marketsfurther to US goods.
With the US unemployment rate now at10.2 percent, the Obama administration hopes an emphasis on buildingexport opportunities will play well at home.
Giving Obama a possible boost ahead ofthe trip, China signaled on Wednesday it might allow appreciation ofthe yuan, saying it would consider major currencies -- not just thedollar -- in guiding the exchange rate.
Soaring US budget deficits haveweakened the dollar because of US borrowing to meet the day-to-dayspending needs of the United States. The dollar has declined against abasket of major currencies since mid-February.
US manufacturers have long complainedthat Beijing artificially holds down the yuan's value to make Chineseexports cheaper and US goods more costly for China.
But Obama may face some pushback fromChina and other countries who worry that Washington's drive foreconomic cooperation with Asia may be too one-sided.
Beijing is upset over US moves to slaptariffs on Chinese tires and steel pipes, while South Korea and othercountries harbor doubts over whether Obama, elected with strong laborunion support, is committed enough to a free-trade agenda.
The Asia tour also comes as Obamajuggles many pressing domestic issues, including his drive to passhealthcare reform and climate change legislation, and nears the finalstages of a decision on whether to send more US troops in Afghanistan.
SEEKING DEEPER TIES
One of Obama's main messages will be apromise to put a high priority on engagement with the dynamicAsia-Pacific region, an area of the world where he has personalconnections, having grown up in Hawaii and Indonesia.
"The president is the first presidentof the United States really with an Asia-Pacific orientation," said BenRhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications."He understands that the future of our prosperity and our security isvery much tied to this part of the world."
Forging an effective working relationship with Beijing will be crucial to any effort to deepen US engagement in Asia.
"I certainly think this administrationdiffers from its predecessors in its apparent recognition of theascendancy of China and the ascendancy of Asia," said David Rothkopf, abusiness consultant and former US official.
The Obama administration's approachtoward China, known as "Strategic Reassurance," builds on a Bushadministration effort to ease mistrust between Washington and Beijingand encourage China to become a responsible stakeholder in globalaffairs.
Underscoring the importance placed onthe three-day China visit, Obama's itinerary includes a formal statedinner, a series of meetings with President Hu Jintao and Premier WenJiabao and a dialogue in Shanghai with Chinese youth.
Japan will be another crucial leg ofObama's trip. Some in Tokyo and in Washington worry about a drift inrelations between the two staunch allies.
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyamacampaigned on a pledge to set a more independent course from Washingtonand frictions have arisen over plans to relocate the US military baseon Japan's Okinawa island.
Obama plans to make a major speech inTokyo on Saturday in which he will discuss his view of US engagement inAsia and reaffirm the strength of the US-Japan alliance. |
