Statement from the Press Secretary on El Salvador The Whitehouse 20180823

【Comment】

The key words of the stamen of the Whitehouse are extraordinary.  They are

1.       the economic health and security of the entire Americas region

2.       China’s apparent interference in the domestic politics of a Western Hemisphere country

3.       China’s economic inducements facilitate economic dependency and domination, not partnership

Not only circling South China Sea as a forbidden water, Beijing also establishes diplomatic ties with Central America countries.  That is definitely a strategic piercing move, not a negotiable issue to the US.

The US spent some eight decades, from the break of the Civil War to the Pacific War, to be a Pacific nation.  China, on the contrary, plans to spend less than 20 years to be a Central America country.

That is definitely a strategic piercing move, not a negotiable issue to the US.

Statement from the Press Secretary on El Salvador    The Whitehouse 20180823

On Tuesday, the Government of El Salvador announced it would discontinue its decades-long diplomatic relations with Taipei in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Beijing.  The leaders of El Salvador’s governing party have made this decision, which will have implications for decades to come, in a non-transparent fashion only months before they leave office.  This is a decision that affects not just El Salvador, but also the economic health and security of the entire Americas region.  The El Salvadoran government’s receptiveness to China’s apparent interference in the domestic politics of a Western Hemisphere country is of grave concern to the United States, and will result in a reevaluation of our relationship with El Salvador.

週二，薩爾瓦多政府宣布將停止與台北長達數十年的外交關係，支持與北京建立外交關係。薩爾瓦多執政黨的領導人在他們離職前幾個月以不透明的方式做出了這一決定，這將在未來幾十年產生影響。這一決定不僅影響薩爾瓦多，而且影響整個美洲地區的經濟健康和安全。薩爾瓦多政府對中國明顯干涉西半球國內政治的接受程度令美國嚴重關切，並將重新評估我們與薩爾瓦多的關係。

Countries seeking to establish or expand relations with China in order to attract state-directed investment that will stimulate short-term economic growth and infrastructure development may be disappointed over the long run. Around the world, governments are waking up to the fact that China’s economic inducements facilitate economic dependency and domination, not partnership.

從長遠來看，尋求建立或擴大與中國關係以吸引國家主導的投資以刺激短期經濟增長和基礎設施發展的國家可能會感到失望。在世界各地，各國政府正在意識到中國的經濟誘因促進經濟依賴和主宰，而不是夥伴關係。

The United States will continue to oppose China’s destabilization of the cross-Strait relationship and political interference in the Western Hemisphere.

美國將繼續反對中國破壞兩岸關係的穩定和對西半球的政治干涉。

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-el-salvador/