美国：台湾-中国关系密切不会威胁我们

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【原文标题】US: Taiwan-China ties don't threaten us
【中文译题】美国：台湾-中国关系密切不会威胁我们
【原文链接】http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAzVnK7AoT5gYpc71cQ8lFjb8lgwD970BHHG2
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rapidly growing ties between China and Taiwan are very much in the interest of the United States and do not undercut the American strategic posture in the western Pacific, the top U.S official dealing with Taipei said Wednesday.!
      美联社台北报道--中国与台湾两岸越来越密切的关系符合美国的利益且不会对美国在西方世界的战略姿态做出影响，美国在台事物最高长官周三（三月十八日）说道。

The comments by Chairman Raymond Burghardt of the American Institute in Taiwan come amid suggestions that the rapid improvement in relations between Taipei and Beijing can undercut Taiwan's usefulness as part of an anti-China defensive perimeter that also includes mainland Japan and Okinawa.
      上述评论是在有人担心台北和北京政府过于亲密的关系将导致台湾在包括日本本土和冲绳岛在内的遏制中国崛起的防御岛链作用大打折扣的情况下由美国在台协会（AIT）主席薄瑞光发表的。

Burghardt, a veteran U.S. diplomat who has also served as ambassador to Vietnam, said that interpretation had no role in American policy.,
      薄瑞光，作为一名资深的美国外交家，同时兼任了美国驻越南大使，表示口头的阐述对于美国政治是毫无意义的。

"I have never heard it in a policy discussion, and I have never seen it in a policy document," he said.
      “我从未在一场官方的讨论中听到这个议题，我也没有在任何的官方文件中看到它，”他说道。

Burghardt's visit to Taiwan — his sixth since taking over the AIT chairmanship — comes as Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou moves forward with his cornerstone platform of improving relations with China, from which the island split amid civil war in 1949.
      此次，薄瑞光赴台湾，是其上任美国在台协会（AIT）主席以来的第六次。此次来访时值台湾总统马英九推进其与大陆搞好关系的政治纲领之际，自1949年内战后国民党便撤到台湾。

      Relations between the sides were exceptionally tense during the just concluded administration of Ma predecessor Chen Shui-bian, who favored formal independence for Taiwan.
      两岸关系在马英九的前任-陈水扁执政期间异常紧张，此人热衷于台湾国家正常化。

China, which still claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has warned repeatedly that a formal Taiwanese decision to make their split permanent would lead to war.
      中国依然声称台湾是其领土的一部分，已经多次警告任何正式把台湾分裂出去的决定都将导致战争。

Burghardt said that the United States was very heartened by the new atmospherics across the 100-mile- (160-kilometer-) wide Taiwan Strait, calling it something that made Washington "comfortable."
"This era of cross-strait stability is very favorable to U.S. interests," he said.
      薄瑞光说美国被100海里（160公里）宽的台湾海峡两岸关系近期出现的新氛围深为鼓舞，“目前两岸关系的稳定十分符合美国的利益”，薄瑞光说。

AIT was established in 1979 when Washington transferred its recognition from Taipei to Beijing. Its Taiwan office serves as the de facto U.S. embassy on the island. Burghhardt splits his time between Honolulu and Washington.
      美国在台协会（AIT）始建于1979年，时值美国政府转而承认北京政府为中国合法政府。而美国在台协会（AIT）则作为实质上的美国驻台湾大使馆而存在。薄瑞光常常往返于夏威夷和华盛顿之间。

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