【原创翻译】美上将：将派P-8进驻马来西亚 加固南海包围圈

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　　美上将：将派P-8进驻马来西亚 加固南海包围圈

　　美政府拒绝中国停止侦查活动的要求

　　比尔·格茨

　　2014年9月15日

　　美国国家安全顾问苏珊·赖斯访华期间，中国领导人曾要求美国停止对中国的相关侦查活动，但美国白宫本周一表示，类似的活动还将继续。

　　White House Rejects Chinese Demand to End U.S. Spy Flights

　　Rice pressed during talks in Beijing

　　BY: Bill Gertz

　　September 15, 2014

　　National Security Adviser Susan Rice was pressed by Chinese leaders last week to end all U.S. surveillance flights near China, and the White House said Monday that the flights will continue.

　　美国国家安全委员会(National Security Council)发言人帕特里克·文特雷也证实，美国侦查事件在赖斯访华期间确实被提及，但拒绝透露赖斯是如何回应中国要求的。

　　然而， 文特雷在一封电子邮件中说：“美国官员一直很担忧中国危险和不专业的拦截活动， 这对机组人员的安全与健康造成了威胁，且不符合国际惯例， 危及到了两国军事关系的发展。”

　　美国加强对中国的监视是奥巴马政府所谓亚洲枢轴战略的的一个关键元素，目的是监视中国的大规模常规和核力量建设-在很大程度上已秘密建成。

　　Patrick Ventrell, a spokesman for the National Security Council, confirmed that the issue of U.S. surveillance flights was raised during Rice’s meetings in Beijing but declined to say how Rice responded to the Chinese demands.

　　Ventrell stated in an email, however: “U.S. officials have consistently registered strong concerns to the Chinese about unsafe and unprofessional intercepts, which pose a risk to the safety and wellbeing of the aircrews involved, are inconsistent with customary international law, and jeopardize our ability to develop bilateral military-to-military relations.”

　　Increased U.S. surveillance of China is one of the Obama administration’s key elements of its so-called pivot to Asia that is designed to monitor China’s large-scale conventional and nuclear forces buildup, which has been taking place largely in secret.

　　亚洲枢轴战略的其他元素包括向该地区增派军舰和潜艇，增加与地区盟友的军事合作，包括日本、澳大利亚和印度。

　　在白宫拒绝北京要求之前，海军上将乔纳森·格林纳特上周也发表了类似的评论。

　　格林纳特表示：“我们将继续在国际领空活动”。在卡耐基演讲后，格林纳特表示，将在未来某时向马来西亚派驻P-8反潜机。

　　“最近，马来西亚为我们派遣这种P-8飞机前往东部马来西亚提供了便利，”他说。“你可以看到我们在南中国海的包围圈。”

　　Other elements of the pivot include moving additional warships and submarines to the region and increasing military collaboration with regional allies, including Japan, Australia, and India.

　　The White House rejection of Beijing’s demand to end surveillance followed similar comments last week by Adm. Jonathan Greenert.

　　“We will continue to operate in international airspace,” the admiral said. “We’ve made that clear and we will continue.”

　　Following a speech at the Carnegie Endowment, Greenert also stated Malaysia could host P-8s in the future.

　　“Recently the Malaysians have offered us to fly detachments of P-8s out of … right down here in East Malaysia,” he said. “So you can see the closeness for the South China Sea.”

　　美国正在和马来西亚讨论：使用马来西亚东北岛链的沙巴空军基地，讨论已经进行了一段时间。

　　P-8的部署可能会激怒中国，因为中国已对该地区的大部分区域声称主权-这也惹恼了整个地区的邻国。

　　会议期间，赖斯还表示：中美两军需要在地区国际水域和领空军事活动问题上相互理解。

　　Discussions on the use of a Malaysian air base at Sabah, in the northeast part of the island chain, have been underway for some time.

　　Deployment of P-8 would likely upset China, which has declared most of the South China Sea as its territorial waters, angering neighbors throughout the region.

　　During her meetings, Rice said the two militaries need to work out mutual understandings for military activities in international waters and airspace in the region.