英语新闻︱约翰逊黯然下台，唐宁街新主或可调整英中关系

2023-07-09 01:32:5203:35 2.1万

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英语新闻︱约翰逊黯然下台，唐宁街新主或可调整英中关系

With the loss of support within his government and party, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson was left with no option but to resign on Thursday. This brings his tumultuous, scandal-plagued, just shy of three years in office to an ignominious end. It remains to be seen who will succeed him, but it is to be hoped the new leader will pursue a rational China policy that has not been molded by Washington.

近日来大批英国政府官员辞职，英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊在政府和保守党内完全陷入孤立，因此于7月7日宣布辞职。短短不到三年的执政生涯争议不断、丑闻缠身，以一个不光彩的结局画上句点。虽然仍未确定唐宁街新主，但民众们希望这位新领导人能够不受美方干涉，奉行理性的对华政策。

By enthusiastically jumping onto the United States' anti-China bandwagon, the Johnson government ruined the mutual respect and good momentum of productive economic and trade cooperation that had been hailed as the beginning of a "golden age" for Sino-UK relations.

鲍里斯·约翰逊领导的政府积极参与了美国掀起的反华浪潮，破坏了相互尊重、经贸合作卓有成效的中英关系“黄金时代”。

The new leader of the UK can draw the lessons from that.

希望英国的新首相能够从中吸取教训。

The damage done to Sino-UK relations, because of the UK government's meddling in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang affairs, and its forming of AUKUS with Australia and the US, among other things, has been substantial.

英国政府干涉中国香港、台湾、新疆等涉华议题，与澳大利亚、美国等结成联盟，对中英关系造成重大损害。

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations between the two countries. The general strengthening of cooperation between the two sides, despite the occasional setbacks, have brought tangible benefits to the two peoples and beyond.

今年是中英建立大使级外交关系50周年。中英关系虽时有起伏，但是两国合作总体加强，给两国人民和世界各国人民带来了实实在在的利益。

China is the UK's largest trading partner in Asia and its largest source of imports. In 2021, bilateral trade between China and the UK reached $112.6 billion, up 22 percent year-on-year. More than 500 Chinese companies have set up shop in the UK. Bilateral economic and trade cooperation shows a trend of diversification particularly in the UK's competitive fields of transportation, energy, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, information and biological engineering.

中国是英国在亚洲地区的第一大贸易伙伴和第一大进口来源国。2021年，中英双边贸易额达1126亿美元，同比增长22%。目前已有超过500家中资企业落户英国。双边经贸合作呈现多元化趋势，尤其是在英国的优势领域方面，例如交通运输、能源、化工、机械制造、信息与生物工程等。

Brexit should have represented a chance for the UK and China to further tap the complementarity potential of their economies and carry on the good momentum of their economic and trade cooperation. But the Johnson administration's joining with the US to decouple China from the world market put paid to any such hopes.

英国脱欧本应成为中英两国进一步挖掘经济互补潜力、延续经贸合作良好势头的契机，但英国政府却与美国联手，让中国与世界市场脱钩，让这美好愿景化为泡影。

Johnson's successor will, hopefully, be aware that the way the Johnson administration treated relations with China has not served the UK's interests.

希望英国首相的继任者能够意识到，约翰逊政府的对华政策并不符合英国的利益。

China remains willing to develop healthy relations with the UK on the basis of mutual respect and due consideration for its core interests.

中方愿在相互尊重、充分考虑英方核心利益的基础上，同英方一道推动两国关系健康发展。

The UK side should take the opportunity of Johnson's resignation to balance the gains and losses of persisting with his administration's approach toward China. Taking concrete actions to put the relations back onto the right track will make the past three years merely a temporary blip in the "golden age" of their relations.

英方应借约翰逊辞职为契机，权衡约翰逊政府对华政策的得失。如果英方能够以实际行动推动两国关系重回正轨，那么过去的三年只是中英关系“黄金时代”中的小插曲。

ignominious

英[ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs]；美[ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs]

adj. 耻辱的;不光彩的;不名誉的;丢脸的

mold

英[məʊld]；美[moʊld]

n. 模子;模式;类型;霉

vt. 塑造;浇铸;用模子做;用泥土覆盖

vi. 对…产生影响，形成;发霉

bandwagon

英[ˈbændwæɡən]；美[ˈbændwæɡən]

n.时尚，浪潮; [音乐]乐队彩车; [非正式用语]引导车; [非正式用语]潮流