双语资讯：美国不应无条件支持安倍.docxVIP

When Shinzo Abe begins his week-long tour of the US today, Washington will treat him as a friend. As well as being welcomed by President Barack Obama at a state dinner, Japan’s prime minister will address a joint session of Congress. 安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)今日对美国展开为期一周的访问之际，华盛顿将把他当作朋友。除了得到美国总统巴拉克?奥巴马(Barack Obama)的国宴款待外，这位日本首相还将在美国国会参众两院联席会议上发表演讲。 In spite of reservations in Washington about Mr Abe’s nationalist tendencies, for the most part the US applauds him as the most coherent leader Japan has had in a generation. Not only has he launched Abenomics, a plan to revive the economy that still hangs tantalisingly in the balance. He is also putting his country on the path to a more robust defence policy, something Washington has been urging on a reluctant Tokyo for decades.尽管华盛顿对安倍的民族主义倾向有所保留，但从总体上说，美方赞赏他是日本一代人以来思路最连贯的领导人。他不仅推出了安倍经济学（Abenomics，一套重振日本经济的计划，其成败仍然难以看清，吊足了众人的胃口），还让日本走上迈向更强大国防政策的道路（这是华盛顿方面敦促了几十年、而东京方面此前一直不情愿做的事情）。 This show of goodwill is the right approach. For all his flaws, Mr Abe is on balance a good thing for a country that has drifted too long under a succession of fleeting, nondescript leaders. Yet Washington should not back him under all circumstances. That is especially true when it comes to relations with China. Above all, Washington must not give the impression that it wants to use Japan as a tool of containment. If it looks as though the US and Japan are ganging up on China, Beijing is likely to conclude that there is no peaceful path to its legitimate ambitions. The debacle over the China-led Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank — boycotted by both Washington and Tokyo — is a case in point. 热情接待是正确的做法。尽管安倍有种种缺点，但是总的来说，他担任首相对日本是件好事；这个国家在一连串任期短暂且平平淡淡的领导人治下蹉跎了太久。然而，华盛顿不应在任何情况下都支持安倍，尤其是在对华关系问题上。最重要的是，华盛顿不要给别人留下它想把日本用作一件遏制工具的印象。如果美国和日本看上去是在联手对付中国，北京方面很可能得出这样的结论，即没有和平的路径可以实现中国的正当抱负。在中国发起的亚洲基础设施投资银行（Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank，简称：亚投行）这件事上受挫（美日均予以抵制），就是一个很好的例子。 During Mr Abe’s visit, the joint attitudes of Japan and the US towards China will be teste