China’s strategy to contain North Korea’s nuclear ambitions faces a crucial test in the coming days as the UN Security Council presses ahead with a resolution, and possible new sanctions, against China’s neighbour and sometime ally.
中国遏制朝鲜核抱负的战略将在未来几天面临关键考验。目前联合国安理会正推动通过决议，可能对中国的这个邻国（有时还是盟友）施加新的制裁。
Experts on both sides of the Pacific say Beijing has been surprised by the US’s tough response to Pyongyang’s testing of a nuclear warhead in January and launch this month of a long-range rocket. The US is asking China to impose sweeping economic sanctions on Pyongyang, including an oil embargo.
太平洋两岸的专家们表示，美国对平壤今年1月份核弹头试验和本月发射远程火箭做出了强硬的回应，这让北京方面感到意外。美国要求中国对平壤施加包括石油禁运在内的全面经济制裁。
“My sense from talking with the Chinese is that they were quite surprised that the US came to them with such a big ask,” says Bonnie Glaser of Washington-based think-tank the Center for International and Strategic Studies. “They were expecting something along the lines of what had been done in the past, a marginally tougher UN Security Council resolution and tough rhetoric, and move on.”
总部位于华盛顿的智库——战略与国际问题研究中心(Center for Strategic and International Studies)的葛来仪(Bonnie Glaser)表示：“从与中方人士的谈话中，我感到他们对美国提出这么高的要求感到相当意外。他们预计会像过去那样，联合国安理会通过稍微强硬一点的决议，做出严厉谴责，然后事情就过去了。”