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本帖最后由 Mc大梨 于 2011-5-16 15:22 编辑
【原文标题】Why does Central America still love Taiwan?
【中文标题】中美洲为何一直深爱台湾?
【登载媒体】外交政策
【来源地址】http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/12/why_does_central_america_love_taiwan
【译 者】大梨
【翻译方式】人工
【声 明】本翻译供Anti-CNN使用,未经AC或译者许可,不得转载。
【译 文】
一封维基解密新电报阐明了一些非常有趣和出人意料的话题——巴拿马和中国的关系:
巴拿马是少数承认台湾并抛弃与中国建立邦交的国家之一。
该电报公布于5月8日。前美国驻巴拿马大使芭芭拉•史蒂芬森在2010年2月23日发出这份电报之际,马英九总统正在努力与中国大陆改善关系。
史蒂芬森在电报中写道,在马蒂内利在2009年5月的大选中获得了压倒性的胜利后告诉她,他将会承认中华人民共和国,因为“他认为巴拿马的商界将由此受益。”
但史蒂芬森说,在巴拿马外交部长瓦雷拉在2010年1月出访亚洲时,马蒂内利的期望就已落空,中国外交部长杨洁篪告诉他:北京为避免损害逐渐回暖的两丵岸关系,不会接受巴拿马的提议。
美国在1979年在外交上不再承认台北而是承认北京,中华人民共和国自1971年起在联合国开始代表中国坐上席位。但是仍然有一些国家继续与台湾保持着正式关系往来。根据维基解密提供,台湾现在只有23个邦交国,其中主要都是拉丁美洲、非洲和南太平洋的贫困国家。
被台湾拉拢的太平洋岛国瑙鲁清楚地知道拼命增加自己的国际合法性,不论任何形式,它与梵蒂冈站在反北京的同一立场上是有道理的。
但是中美洲对此怎么看?
根据这个文章所说,2000年到2004年之间,台湾与中美洲和加勒比海地区的贸易量达到了33亿美元。从这些国家挣得的,似乎看起来并不像足够保持世界第二大经济体的样子。似乎北京在海地的工作夹杂着惰性与冷漠。比如说,虽然海地对北京外交不承认,但中国还是对海地进行了震后援助。
【原 文】
A new WikiLeaks cable sheds some light on the surprisingly interesting topic (no, really!) of Panama-China relations:
Panama is one of only a few countries that recognize Taiwan and therefore forgo relations with its neighbor and traditional rival China.
The Feb. 23, 2010-dated cable from then U.S. Ambassador to Panama Barbara Stephenson came in the midst of President Ma Ying-jeou's efforts to improve ties with China. The cable was released May 8.
Stephenson wrote in the cable that Martinelli had told her in May 2009, the month he won national elections by a landslide, that he would recognize Beijing because "he thought that Panama's business community would benefit as a result."
Stephenson said Martinelli's high hopes were dashed when his Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela was told by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi during an Asia visit in January 2010 that Beijing would not take on Panama to avoid foiling warming cross-strait ties.
The U.S. transferred its recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979 and the People's Republic has occupied the "China" seat at the United Nations since 1971. But there are a number of countries who maintain formal relations with Taiwan. According to Wikpedia, they are:
Belize
Burkina Faso,
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Gambia
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
São Tomé and Príncipe
Solomon Islands
Swaziland
Tuvalu
Vatican City
Pacific islands like Nauru clearly like being wooed by a Taiwanese government desperate for increased international legitimacy in any form it might take and the Vatican's anti-Beijing position makes sense.
But what's with Central America?
According to this article, "Between 2000 and 2004, the volume of trade between Taiwan and the Central American and Caribbean region amounted to 3.3 billion dollars." That doesn't seem like quite enough to keep the world's second largest economy from winning these countries over if it wanted to. It seems like there's a combination of inertia and indifference from Beijing at work here. Haiti's non-recognition of Beijing didn't stop China from sending post-earthquake aid, for instance. |
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