Remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at Asia Society in New York

February 13, 2009

New York

美国国务卿希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿在纽约亚洲协会的讲话

2009年2月13日

纽约市

Thank you, Vishakha, and thanks also to John Thornton and Jamie Metzl and the board members who are gathered here this afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be back here in this magnificent building and to have the chance to thank you for the Asia Society’s work over many decades to strengthen the relationship between America and the people and governments of Asia.

谢谢你，维莎卡(Vishakha)。也谢谢约翰·桑顿 (John Thornton)和杰米·梅茨尔(Jamie Metzl )及今天下午在这里聚会的理事们。我十分高兴能够回到这里，回到这座宏伟的大楼，有机会向你们致谢，感谢亚洲协会数十年来为加强美国与亚洲人民和政府之间的关系所做的工作。

Before I begin, let me just take a moment to say that my thoughts and prayers today are with the families who lost loved ones in the tragic crash of Continental Flight 3407, with those who live in Clarence Center where this tragedy occurred, and with the entire Buffalo community. I know the strength and compassion of the people of western New York and have no doubt that they will pull together and support each other through this difficult time.

在我开始讲话前，请允许我用片刻的时间对今天因大陆航空公司3407航班不幸遇难而丧失亲人的家庭、出事地点克拉伦斯中心(Clarence Center)的居民及整个布法罗(Buffalo)社区的人民表达我的哀思并与他们一起祈祷。我了解纽约州西部地区人民的力量和爱心，完全相信他们会同心协力、互相支持、度过这段困难时光。

I was deeply saddened to learn that among those who were taken from us too soon was Beverly Eckert, who herself lost her husband in the attacks of September 11th. Beverly became known to me and a friend to me and to many New Yorkers for her tireless advocacy for the families of the victims of 9/11, and she was one of the principal champions of the idea of the creation of the 9/11 Commission. I will miss her, and I want to just publicly thank her for all she did in the midst of her own tragedy.

我感到十分悲伤的是，我获悉在这批过早离开我们的人中间有贝弗莉·埃克特(Beverly Eckert)，她本人在9.11袭击中失去了丈夫。贝弗莉与我相识并成为我的朋友及许多纽约人的朋友，她曾为9.11事件受害者家属争取权益而不懈努力。她是9.11委员会(9/11 Commission)的主要发起者之一。我会思念她。我要当众感谢她在自己遭受不幸后所做的一切。

A half century ago when the Asia Society was founded, Asia was frozen in a cold war, wracked by poverty, and seemingly destined for desolation. Few in or outside of Asia’s borders foresaw anything but a future of conflict, occupation, and despair. Today, the countries I will visit are at peace. Asia is on the cutting edge of so many of the world’s innovations and trends. It is a contributor to global culture, a global economic power, and a region of vital importance to the United States today and into our future.

半个世纪前，当亚洲协会成立时，亚洲深陷冷战的僵局，贫困肆虐，前景苍凉。在亚洲内外，除冲突、占领和绝望，很少有人能够预见任何不同的未来。今天，我将要访问的亚洲各国生活在和平的环境里。亚洲正处在全世界许多创新与潮流的前沿。无论是今天还是在我们的未来，亚洲都是全球文化的贡献者、全球经济的强大动力以及一个对美国至关重要的地区。

Over the past 30 years, I’ve had the privilege of traveling to a very different Asia. Whenever I think back on my visits, it’s as if a movie reel of images, old and new, were running through my head. I think of the elegant temples of Kyoto, or the rituals of nomadic life outside Ulaanbaatar, the intricate handwork of traditional craftspeople in Chiang Rai, the vibrant markets of Hanoi, Hong Kong, and Dhaka; the grand hotels of Singapore and Manila, the calligraphers practicing their art in Xi’an, the historic dress of Seoul and the traditional dances of Jakarta, or the strum of the sitar in New Delhi.

在过去的30年间，我有幸前往一个十分不同的亚洲旅行。每当我回忆起那些访问，就好像一卷新旧图像交错的电影胶片在头脑中闪过。我想起[日本]京都典雅的寺庙、[蒙古]乌兰巴托郊外的游牧生活、[泰国]清莱省传统艺人制作的精美工艺品、[越南]河内、香港和[孟加拉国]达卡熙熙攘攘的市场、新加坡与马尼拉的豪华酒店、[中国]西安练艺的书法家、[韩国]首尔的古典服装和[印尼]雅加达的传统舞蹈、[印度] 新德里拨响的锡塔琴。

And I’ve seen also the skyscrapers and factories, the urban corridors and high-tech campuses, the research facilities and modern hospitals – a continent where, now, more often than not, the rule of law and free elections have become or are in the process of becoming the norm, where entrepreneurship and innovation have transformed economies into global economic powers.

我还看到了摩天大楼和工厂，城市开发走廊和高科技园区，研究设施和现代化医院；在这个大洲，如今法治和自由选举已经或者正在更成为常规，创业精神和发明创造已将很多经济体转变为全球经济重镇。

Asia has influenced world civilization for millennia, as it has our own culture. Our nation is home to 13 million Asian American citizens, and our daily life is so enriched by Asian literature and art, by music and movies, by food and architecture, medicine and science, technology and values.

亚洲影响了几千年世界文明，也影响了我们的文化。我国是1300万亚裔美国公民的家园，我们的日常生活因亚洲文学和艺术、音乐和电影、食品和建筑、医学和科学、技术和价值观而变得丰富多彩。

Today, it is tempting to focus our attention on the tensions and perils of our interdependence, but I prefer to view our connectedness as an opportunity for dynamic and productive partnerships that can address both the challenge and the promise of this new century.

今天，人们往往容易将注意力集中于互相依赖所带来的紧张和危险，但我却更愿意视我们的相互关联为一种机遇，促进富有活力和建设性的伙伴合作关系，既能迎接挑战，又能把握这一新世纪的期许。

And that’s what I want to talk about today, how the United States is committed to a new era of diplomacy and development in which we will use smart power to work with historic allies and emerging nations to find regional and global solutions to common global problems.

这便是我今天要谈论的话题，即美国如何致力于外交和发展的新时代，运用明智的实力，与长期的同盟及新兴国家共同努力，寻求解决全球性共同问题的地区和全球方案。

As I’ve said before, America cannot solve the problems of the world alone, and the world cannot solve them without America.

正如我所说过的，美国不能单独解决世界问题，而世界没有美国也不能解决问题。

At the same time, given the realities of today’s world, we can no longer approach our foreign policy solely country by country, or simply by carving the world into separate regions. With smart power, we will seek to build partnerships that transcend geographic and political boundaries.

同时，鉴于当今国际现实，我们的外交政策不能再仅仅是逐个针对各个国家或仅仅是将世界分成各个地区。 通过明智的实力， 我们将谋求建立能超越地域和政治疆界的伙伴合作关系。

In the months ahead, I will press for stronger bilateral, regional, and global cooperation when I meet with leaders of Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, just as I will seek more robust engagement in my discussions with Asian leaders in Tokyo, Jakarta, Seoul, and Beijing next week.

在未来几个月里，我在会晤欧洲、拉丁美洲、中东和非洲的领导人时，将敦促加强双边、地区和全球合作；同样，我下周在东京、雅加达、首尔和北京与亚洲领导人会谈时将谋求更有力的接触交流。

In making my first trip as Secretary of State to Asia, I hope to signal that we need strong partners across the Pacific, just as we need strong partners across the Atlantic. We are, after all, both a transatlantic and a transpacific power.

我希望通过我以国务卿身份首先访问亚洲来表明，我们需要太平洋彼岸的强大伙伴，就如同我们需要大西洋彼岸的强大伙伴一样。我们毕竟既是一个跨大西洋大国，也是一个跨太平洋大国。

Our relationships with each of the countries I’m visiting, and with all of our partners and allies throughout Asia and the Pacific, are indispensable to our security and prosperity. When we consider the gravest global threats confronting us – financial instability and economic dislocation, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, food security and health emergencies, climate change and energy vulnerability, stateless criminal cartels and human exploitation – it is clear that these threats do not stop at borders or oceans. Pandemics threaten school children in Jakarta and Jacksonville. Global financial crises shrink bank accounts in Sapporo and San Francisco. The dangers posed by nuclear proliferation create worries in Guangzhou as well as Washington. And climate change affects the livelihoods of farmers in China’s Hunan province and in America’s Midwest. These dangers affect us all, and therefore we all must play a role in addressing them.

我国与我即将访问的每一个国家的关系，以及与整个亚太地区所有伙伴和盟国的关系，都对我国的安全与繁荣不可或缺。在考虑我们面临的金融动荡和经济紊乱、恐怖主义和大规模毁灭性武器、粮食安全和紧迫的健康问题、气候变化和能源脆弱性、无国家形态的犯罪集团和人性剥削等种种最严重的全球威胁时，有一点十分清楚，即这些威胁都不受国界和海洋的阻拦。大规模流行病既威胁雅加达的学童也威胁杰克逊维尔（美国佛罗里达州城市—译注）的学童。全球金融危机既使扎幌也使旧金山的银行帐户缩水。核扩散构成的危险既在广州也在华盛顿令人担忧。气候变化既影响中国湖南省农民也影响美国中西部农民的生计。这些危险影响我们所有人，因此，我们大家都必须为解决这些问题发挥作用。

So I leave for Asia ready to deliver a message about America’s desire for more rigorous and persistent commitment and engagement, ready to work with leaders in Asia to resolve the economic crisis that threatens the Pacific as much as any other region, ready to strengthen our historic partnerships and alliances while developing deeper bonds with all nations, ready to help prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Asia, ready to expand our combined efforts on 21st century challenges like climate change and clean energy, pandemics, and income inequality.

因此，我前往亚洲，准备带去美国希望作出更有力和更坚定的承诺和接触的信息；准备与亚洲领导人进行合作，解决对太平洋地区和对任何其他地区具有同样威胁的经济危机；准备加强我们的传统伙伴关系和同盟关系，同时深化与所有国家的关系；准备帮助防止核武器在亚洲的扩散；准备扩大我们的共同努力，应对气候变化和清洁能源、大规模流行病和贫富不均等21世纪的挑战。

In the Obama Administration, we are also ready to reach beyond ministerial buildings and official meeting halls, as important as those are. We’re ready to engage civil society to strengthen the foundations needed to support good governance, free elections, and a free press, wider educational opportunities, stronger healthcare systems, religious tolerance, and human rights.

奥巴马政府还准备将我们的接触延伸到政府大楼和官方会议厅之外，尽管这些十分重要。我们准备与公民社会接触；让扶持良好治理、自由选举和自由媒体、更广泛的受教育机会、更强大的健保体系、宗教包容以及人权所需的基础更加巩固。

And we are ready to listen. Actively listening to our partners isn’t just a way of demonstrating respect. It can also be a source of ideas to fuel our common efforts. Too often in the recent past, our government has acted reflexively before considering available facts and evidence, or hearing the perspectives of others. But President Obama and I are committed to a foreign policy that is neither impulsive nor ideological, one that values what others have to say. And when we have differences, which we will, we will discuss them frankly and specify those which limit our capacity to cooperate. As part of our dialogues, we will hold ourselves and others accountable as we work to expand human rights and create a world that respects those rights, one where Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi can live freely in her own country, where the people of North Korea can freely choose their own leaders, and where Tibetans and all Chinese people can enjoy religious freedom without fear of prosecution.

我们准备倾听意见。积极听取伙伴们的意见不仅是表示尊重，而且也能成为思路的来源，为我们的共同努力增添动力。仅在不久前，我们的政府太经常地在考虑已有事实和证据或听取他人观点之前便本能地采取行动。但奥巴马总统和我本人致力于贯彻既非出于一时冲动也不基于意识形态，而是重视他人意见的外交政策。当我们有分歧时──而分歧肯定是会有的──我们会坦诚地予以讨论，并且明确那些会限制我们合作能力的因素。作为我们对话的一部分，在我们努力扩大人权，建立一个尊重人权的世界的过程中──在这个世界里，诺贝尔和平奖得主昂山素季(Aung San Suu Kyi)能够在自己的国家自由生活，北韩人民能够自由地选择自己的领导人，藏族人民和全体中国人民能够享有宗教自由而无需担心被起诉──我们既要求自己承担责任，也要求其他国家承担责任。

Existing problems today, we believe, are opportunities as well. Exercising smart power begins with realistic assessments of the world we inhabit. And this obliges us, no less than other nations, to acknowledge our own contributions to the global problems we face.

我们认为，今天存在的问题也带来机会。运用明智的实力要从实事求是地评估我们生活的世界入手。这要求我们必须，毫无少于其他国家地，承认我们自己对出现在眼前的种种全球问题所具有的责任。

Let me start with the global financial crisis that hit us first and hit us deeply. Across the United States today, families are losing jobs, homes, savings, and dreams. But this is not our crisis alone. Its repercussions are also being felt in parts of Asia and elsewhere around the world.

请让我先谈谈首先触及我们并使我们遭受重创的这场全球金融危机。今天，美国各地的家庭在失去工作、住房、储蓄和梦想。但这场危机不仅威胁到我们。其后果也波及亚洲部分地区和世界其他地区。

We have recently heard forecasts from South Korea’s new finance minister that their economy will shrink by 2 percent this year, with 200,000 jobs potentially lost. A Chinese Government survey of villages last week reported that 20 million of the nation’s 130 million migrant workers are unemployed. In Japan, a new analysis predicts a larger economic contraction than previously forecast. Indonesia’s exports fell by more than 20 percent in December as growth estimates have also fallen. And Taiwan’s economy reported a record 44 percent drop in exports. Throughout Asia, the demand for durable goods is way down.

我们最近听到韩国财政经济部新任长官预计韩国经济今年将收缩2%，可能会有20万人失业。中国政府上周进行的一项农村调查显示，中国总计1.3亿民工中有 2000万人失业。日本一份新的分析报告也预测经济收缩幅度要比先前预计的高。印度尼西亚12月的出口额下降了20%以上，预期的增长幅度也减小。根据台湾的经济报告，其出口额空前下降了44%。整个亚洲对耐用商品的需求量均大幅度降低。

The global financial crisis requires every nation to look inward for solutions, but none of us can afford to become so introspective that we overlook the critical role that international partnerships must play in stabilizing the world’s economy and putting all of us back on the path to prosperity. And we cannot respond with a race to erect trade and other barriers. We must remain committed to a system of open and fair trade.

这场全球金融危机迫使各国在国内寻求解决途径。但我们任何人都不能一味闭门自省，以致忽略国际伙伴为稳定世界经济并促使我们所有人重新回到繁荣发展的道路上所必须发挥的关键作用。我们也不能急于以高筑贸易及其他壁垒的方式应对；我们必须始终致力于一个开放与公平的贸易体制。

Here at home, our government is working to address the housing crisis and restore the banking system. Congress is expected to pass a stimulus package that represents the largest government effort in a generation to create jobs and increase incomes. China, Australia, and others in Asia are responding vigorously. We need multiple engines working together to reignite global growth.

在我们国内，美国政府正在努力解决房屋市场危机并重建银行系统。国会估计将批准一套刺激方案，这套方案将成为几十年来旨在创造就业机会和提高收入的规模最大的政府举措。中国、澳大利亚和亚洲其他国家作出了积极反响。我们需要多台引擎同时启动，才能重新带动全球增长。

At the G-20 meeting in Washington in November, leaders pledged to take actions from adjusting fiscal policy to strengthening domestic regulation. The upcoming G-20 meeting in April in London will provide us with an opportunity to build on that pledge.

在11月于华盛顿举行的20国集团会议上，与会领导人承诺采取各项行动，从调整财政政策到强化国内监管。即将于4月在伦敦举行的下次20国集团会议将为我们提供一个充实这一承诺的机会。

Like the financial crisis, other issues also require bilateral as well as regional and global approaches. The United States is committed to maintaining our historic security alliances in Asia and building on those relationships to counter the complex global threats we face. I’m very pleased that Japan and South Korea this week agreed to joint assistance for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, and that both countries continue to work with us on global security, especially in combating piracy off the Horn of Africa.

除了这场金融危机外，其他种种议题也需要双边以及区域性和全球性方针。美国致力于保持我国在亚洲的传统安全同盟，并以这些同盟关系为基础，应对我们面临的错综复杂的全球威胁。令我非常高兴的是，日本和韩国本周已同意联合援助阿富汗的重建努力，这两个国家还继续协助我们保障全球安全，特别是抗击非洲之角的海盗活动。

We will need to work together to address the most acute challenge to stability in Northeast Asia, North Korea’s nuclear program. The Obama Administration is committed to working through the Six-Party Talks, and I will discuss with South Korea, Japan, and China how best to get the negotiations back on track. We believe we have an opportunity to move these discussions forward, but it is incumbent upon North Korea to avoid any provocative action and unhelpful rhetoric toward South Korea.

我们有必要合力解决东北亚地区的稳定所面临的最严峻的挑战──北韩的核项目。奥巴马政府致力于推动六方会谈，我将同韩国、日本和中国商讨如何最有效地促使会谈重归正轨。我们相信存在着推动这些讨论的机会，但北韩必须停止对韩国发出任何挑衅行动和无益的言论。

The North Korean Government has committed to abandoning all nuclear weapons and to return at an early date to the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. We continue to hold them to those commitments. If North Korea is genuinely prepared to completely and verifiably eliminate their nuclear weapons program, the Obama Administration will be willing to normalize bilateral relations, replace the peninsula’s longstanding armistice agreements with a permanent peace treaty, and assist in meeting the energy and other economic needs of the North Korean people.

北韩政府已承诺放弃全部核武器，尽早重新加入《不扩散核武器条约》(Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons)。我们继续要求他们履行上述承诺。如果北韩有诚意地准备全面地、可核实地取消其核武器项目，奥巴马政府愿意实现双边关系正常化，以一项永久性的和平条约取代朝鲜半岛多年来的停火协议，并帮助满足北韩人民的能源及其他经济需求。

On a related matter, I will assure our allies in Japan that we have not forgotten the families of Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea. And I will meet with some of those families in Tokyo next week.

在一个相关问题上，我将让我们的日本盟友放心，我们没有忘记被绑架到北韩的日本公民的家庭。我下个星期将在东京会晤其中的一些家庭成员。

Global solutions are essential to addressing climate change and the need for clean sources of energy. Now, climate change is not just an environmental nor an energy issue, it also has implications for our health and our economies and our security, all wrapped up in one.

气候变化问题和对清洁能源的需求要*全球来解决。现在，气候变化不仅是一个环境或能源问题，而且关系到我们的健康和我们的经济以及我们的安全，浑然一体。

The rapid appointment that the President and I made of a United States Special Envoy for Climate Change reflects the seriousness we feel about dealing with this urgent threat. And I will be taking Special Envoy Todd Stern with me to Asia next week to begin the discussions that we hope will create the opportunities for cooperation.

总统和我迅速任命一名美国气候变化问题特使反映了我们对待这一威胁的紧迫感。我下星期将率同斯特恩(Todd Stern)特使前往亚洲，开始进行我们希望将为展开合作创造机会的讨论。

Now, our nation has been the largest historic emitter of greenhouse gases, and we acknowledge that we must lead efforts to cut harmful emissions and build a lower-carbon economy. But each of the countries that I’m visiting also have a role to play in this effort. I will press the case for clean energy in both Japan and South Korea, and look for ways to work with Indonesia as well. Orville Schell’s commentary in Time magazine this week reminds us that collaboration on clean energy and greater efficiency offers a real opportunity to deepen the overall U.S.-Chinese relationship. So we will work hard with the Chinese to create partnerships that promote cleaner energy sources, greater energy efficiency, technology transfers that can benefit both countries, and other strategies that simultaneously protect the environment and promote economic growth.

我国一直是历史上最大的温室气体排放国，我们承认，我们必须率先努力减少有害气体的排放和建设低碳经济。但是我将访问的每一个国家也在这项努力中承担角色。我将向日本和韩国积极主张清洁能源，并寻求同印度尼西亚的合作途径。夏伟(Orville Schell)在本期《时代》周刊杂志中的评论中提醒我们，在清洁能源和提高效益方面的协作为深化美-中整体关系提供了一个真正机会。因此，我们将与中国方面辛勤努力，建立伙伴合作关系，提倡使用更清洁的能源、提高能源效益和进行有益于两国的技术转让，并且促进其他既保护环境、同时又推动经济增长的战略。

While in Beijing, I will visit a clean thermal power plant built with GE and Chinese technology. It serves as an example of the kind of job-creating, bilateral, public-private collaboration that we need so much more of.

在北京期间，我将参观利用通用电气和中国技术建造的清洁热电厂。它是一个我们所大量需要的创造就业、以及双边合作关系和公私合作关系的榜样。

Now, you may have heard me describe the portfolio of the State Department as including two of national security’s three Ds: defense, diplomacy, and development. Each is essential to advancing our interests and our security. Yet too often, development is regarded as peripheral to our larger foreign policy objectives. This will not be the case in the Obama Administration. We will energetically promote development around the world to expand opportunities that enable citizens, particularly on the margins, and particularly women and children, to fulfill their God-given potential, which we happen to believe will advance our shared security interests. That much of Asia enjoys peace and prosperity today is due in no small part to American efforts over the last half century to support political, economic, security, and educational alliances with Asian nations.

你们可能听我形容过，在国家安全的三D中──防务(defense)、外交(diplomacy)和发展(development)，国务院的工作占其中的两个方面。每一方面都对加强我们的利益和我们的安全至为关键，然而，发展的重要性往往被视为处于我国更大外交政策目标的边缘。在奥巴马政府任内不会重复这种情况。我们将在世界各地大力促进发展，为公民们——特别是边缘人口和妇女儿童——提供更多机会，使他们能够发挥天赋潜能，而我们恰认为这种努力将增进我们的共同安全利益。今天，亚洲的很大部分地区享有和平与繁荣，这在很大程度上与美国不无关系，在过去半个世纪里美国努力支持亚洲国家的政治、经济、安全和教育结盟。

We are proud to have lent American assistance in response to natural disasters, including rebuilding efforts after the tsunami in Indonesia and the cyclone in Burma. And we commend the Indonesian people and government for settling longstanding civil conflict in Aceh that threatened the country’s progress, and for similar positive efforts to achieve peace and stability that are working in Timor-Leste.

我们在发生自然灾害时提供了协助，包括支持印尼海啸和缅甸飓风后的重建工作，我们为此感到自豪。印尼人民和政府化解了亚齐省的长期内乱，该局势一度威胁到国家的进步，他们还为实现东帝汶的和平与稳定作出了积极努力，对此我们表示赞赏。

Indonesia is one of Asia’s most dynamic nations, where human energy and aspiration combine to help lead the country to a free and fair system of elections, a free press, a robust civil society, and a prominent role for women in the Indonesian Government. We will support Indonesia and other countries in the region that are actively promoting shared values. And we look forward to working with our other partners and friends in the regions, allies like Thailand and the Philippines, along with Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam, to ensure that ASEAN can live up to its charter, to demonstrate the region’s capacity for leadership on economic, political, human rights, and social issues.

印尼是亚洲最富有活力的国家之一。人民把热情和理想相结合，在这个国家建立了自由和公正的选举制度、自由的新闻媒体和朝气蓬勃的公民社会。妇女在印尼政府中发挥了显著作用。我们将支持印尼和这个地区积极倡导共有价值观的其他国家，我们也期待着同该地区的其他伙伴和朋友合作，例如我们的盟友泰国和菲律宾，还有新加坡、马来西亚和越南，以确保东盟能够实践宪章，展示该地区在经济、政治、人权和社会问题上的领导能力。

Let me also thank Australia for its leadership and friendship over decades. While I’m not able to visit Australia on this trip, we know that Australia is one of our most trusted allies in the world. And as we have all seen in the news, wildfires have devastated the state of Victoria during the past week. President Obama and Prime Minister Rudd have discussed the situation by phone. And we have sent forest fire specialists to help the Australians out. We want our Australian friends to know that we mourn with them over the loss of innocent lives in this tragedy, and we remain grateful for our work together in the past and what we will do together in the future.

我还要感谢澳大利亚几十年来所发挥的领导作用和友谊。虽然我此行不能访问澳大利亚，但我们知道澳大利亚是我们在世界上最可信赖的盟友之一。我们都从新闻报道中看到，过去一周内野火给维多利亚州造成了巨大损失。奥巴马总统和陆克文总理通过电话讨论了目前的状况。我们已经派出森林火灾方面的专家帮助澳大利亚人民。我们希望澳大利亚的朋友们确知，我们和他们一道哀悼在这场悲剧中逝去的无辜生命。我们在过去共同努力，还将在未来携手前进，为此，我们心存感激。

Let me now give you a brief rundown of some of the key issues that I will be addressing next week, country by country, starting with my first stop in Japan. Our security alliance with Japan, 50 years old next year, has been, and must remain, unshakable. In Tokyo, I will sign the Guam International Agreement, which will position our security alliance to meet the challenges of this time by moving 8,000 American troops from Okinawa to Guam. Japan is also to be commended for taking on a bigger leadership role in addressing the economic crisis in Pakistan and for working on collaborative efforts to explore space, cure disease, and offer relief to victims of disasters around the world. We anticipate an even stronger partnership with Japan that helps preserve the peace and stability of Asia and increasingly focuses on global challenges, from disaster relief to advancing education for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan to alleviating poverty in Africa.

我现在向大家简要介绍一下我将在下周讨论的一些关键性问题。我按照访问的国家顺序逐一介绍，从我此行的第一站日本开始。明年，我们与日本的安全联盟将满50年，该联盟一直是并且必须继续是不可动摇的。在东京，我将签署《关岛国际协议》（Guam International Agreement）。根据该协议，将有8000名美军从冲绳转移至关岛，以使我们的安全联盟能够应对目前的挑战。另外，日本在解决巴基斯坦经济危机方面正在发挥更大的领导作用，还参与太空探索、疾病治疗、救助世界各地的灾民等项集体努力。日本应为此受到赞誉。我们预期进一步加强与日本的伙伴关系，以帮助维护亚洲的和平与稳定，日益加强关注全球性挑战，例如灾害救助、推动阿富汗和巴基斯坦的女童教育和减轻非洲的贫困。

We also will focus on the very fertile ground for cooperation that we believe exists with Indonesia. I don’t need to remind you that our new President is well known and much admired there. We now have an opportunity for stronger partnerships on education, energy, and food security. The Indonesian Government has also suggested the creation of a deeper partnership with the United States. This idea represents a positive approach to areas of common concern, and we are committed to working with Indonesia to pursue such a partnership with a concrete agenda.

我们还将注重与印尼的合作，我们认为与印尼的合作大有潜力。不必我说，我们的新总统在印尼广为人知，深受钦佩。我们现在有机会加强在教育、能源和食品安全方面的伙伴关系。印尼政府还建议与美国建立更深的伙伴关系。这种设想反映了在共同关心的领域中的一种积极做法，我们决心制订具体的日程，与印尼共建这种伙伴关系。

In South Korea, we will be visiting with one of our staunchest historic allies. And certainly, everyone who has followed the history of South Korea joins me in admiration for the transition that we have observed from static conditions of the past century to the dynamic state that South Korea finds itself in today. The United States and South Korea are both committed to expanding trade in a manner that benefits both of our countries, and we will work together to that end.

韩国历来是我们最坚定的盟友之一。毫无疑问，凡是追踪韩国历史的人都会和我一样对韩国从上一个世纪的停滞状态转变至生机勃勃的今天感到赞叹。美国和韩国都将坚定不移地以互惠的方式扩大贸易。我们将为实现该目标共同努力。

As members of the Asia Society, you know very well how important China is and how essential it is that we have a positive, cooperative relationship. It is vital to peace and prosperity, not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but worldwide. Our mutual economic engagement with China was evident during the economic growth of the past two decades. It is even clearer now in economic hard times and in the array – excuse me – in the array of global challenges we face, from nuclear security to climate change to pandemic disease and so much else.

作为亚洲协会的会员，各位深知中国的重要性，深知我们与中国保持积极的合作关系至关重要。这不仅关系到亚太地区的和平与繁荣，而且关系到全球的和平与繁荣。在过去二十年的经济增长中，我们与中国的经济往来有目共睹。在目前困难的经济形势下，在种种——我是说——在我们面临的种种全球性挑战下，这种重要性更加明显，这些挑战包括核安全、气候变化、大规模流行病等等。

Now, some believe that China on the rise is, by definition, an adversary. To the contrary, we believe that the United States and China can benefit from and contribute to each other’s successes. It is in our interest to work harder to build on areas of common concern and shared opportunities. China has already asserted itself in positive ways as chair of the Six-Party Talks and in its participation in international peacekeeping efforts. And our two countries, I’m happy to say, will resume mid-level military-to-military discussions later this month. And we look forward to further improved relations across the Taiwan Strait.

那么，有些人认为崛起的中国一定是一个对手。然而，正相反，我们认为美国和中国都能够从对方的成功中受益，也都能够为对方的成功作出贡献。就共同关心的领域和共有的机会作出更大努力符合双方的利益。中国已经在多方面发挥了积极的作用，例如主持六方会谈和参加国际维和工作。我可以在此欣慰地宣布，我们两国在这个月晚些时候将恢复军方中层会谈。我们期待着台湾海峡两岸的关系进一步改善。

Even with our differences, the United States will remain committed to pursuing a positive relationship with China, one that we believe is essential to America’s future peace, progress, and prosperity.

即使我们之间存在分歧，美国仍将致力于寻求与中国发展建设性关系，我们认为这种关系对未来美国的和平、进步与繁荣至关重要。

An ancient Chinese story tells of warring feudal states, whose soldiers find themselves on a boat together crossing a wide river in a storm. Instead of fighting one another, they work together and survive. Now, from this story comes a Chinese aphorism that says, “When you are in a common boat, you need to cross the river peacefully together.” The wisdom of that aphorism must continue to guide us today.

中国古代有个故事，讲的是战国时期两个交战国的士兵在风雨中同乘一条船横渡大江。他们没有厮杀，而是同心协力，因此得以幸存。中国有一个源于这个故事的成语，叫做“同舟共济”。今天，这个成语中蕴含的智慧必须继续为我们引路指航。

So I will leave for Asia Sunday with a firm commitment to work very hard with our partners across the Pacific, to strengthen our engagement so that the positive transformations of the past half-century are replicated, mirrored, made stronger and more obvious in this century. We have such an opportunity that I hope we will seize, but it is not just up to our government to do so. It is also up to Americans across our country, those of you here in the Asia Society, in the private sector, in academia, in labor and the professions, in nongovernmental organizations all. Let us commit ourselves to providing the kind of outreach and responsiveness, understanding, and commitment that will lead not just to a better understanding, but positive actions to improve the lives of our own people here and those who live in Asia today.

因此，在星期天动身前往亚洲时，我肩负着坚定的承诺，将与太平洋彼岸的合作伙伴们共同辛勤努力，加强我们的交往，以便再次取得过去半个世纪中具有积极意义的转变，并在本世纪中使之更加巩固，更加明显。我们面临一个这样的机会，我希望我们能够把握这个机会，但不能仅仅依赖政府去做，还要*全国各地的美国人，包括今天在座的亚洲协会的会员们、民营部门、学术界、劳工和专业人士、非政府组织。让我们下定决心，主动联系，积极回应，相互谅解，作出承诺。这样，我们不仅会加深理解，而且将采取积极的行动，改善我们本国人民以及今天亚洲人民的生活。

Thank you all very much.

非常感谢大家。