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美中关系几个月来一直很紧张，在一个疑似中国间谍气球被一架F-22猛禽战斗机击落的事件发生后，关系只会变得更糟。
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近年来，中国领导人习近平曾试图缓和中国与西方民主国家互动的咄咄逼人的语气，但气球事件使其受到了压力。
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中国外交部从表示遗憾到发出威胁，中国专家对美国国务卿安东尼-布林肯的北京之行很快恢复不抱希望。
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热气球事件已经成为对一众新上任的中国外交官的严峻考验，因为他们试图修补北京认为最重要的双边关系。
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这一事件进一步凸显了美国和中国之间日益增长的裂痕以及修补两国关系的难度。
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这一事件对中美关系产生了破坏性的长期负面影响。
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中共高层领导人在3月初会很忙，因此不太可能很快举行建设性的高级别会议。
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如果这个过程耗时过长，众议院议长凯文-麦卡锡（R-Calif.）对台湾的访问可能会阻碍进一步的会谈。
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中国将需要找到一种方法来旋转事件，既能安抚华盛顿，又不会显得屈服。
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布林肯访问中国的准备工作和协调工作需要重新进行。
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这一事件导致了中美之间进一步会谈的延迟。
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共和党对拜登总统施加压力，要求他对中国采取强硬态度，这在很大程度上应归咎于事件的严重性。
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中国的不确定反应使事件不断升级。
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随着事件的发展，中国外交部没有试图抢占先机，而是做出了轻描淡写的回答。
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由于秦刚和王毅都没有公开评论这一事件，正在进行的高级官员改组可能使反应更加复杂。
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在中美气球事件发生后，中国外交部长谢锋周一向美国驻北京大使馆递交了 “严正交涉”。
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中国国家主席习近平最近一直在为缓和与西方民主国家的外交紧张局势而努力，包括替换 "战狼 "的主要外交官赵力建为外交部发言人。
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尽管如此，美国和中国之间的紧张关系一直在上升。在美国国务卿布林肯因侵犯美国主权而取消了原定的北京之行后，中国回击说是美国违背了国际惯例。
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中国外交部发言人毛宁表示，“飞艇不是美国的，是中国的”。
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美国国务卿安东尼-布林肯决定推迟即将对中国的访问，这实际上是对涉及气球的事件作出的取消。
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中国人民大学的时殷弘教授说，这一事件表明，仅靠对话无法改善两国关系，需要更新指导原则。
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气球事件表明了中美关系的现状，也说明了两国关系的整体下滑。
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US-China relations have been strained for months, with relations only getting worse after the incident of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by an F-22 Raptor.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping had attempted to moderate the aggressive tone of China’s interactions with western democracies in recent years, but that has been put under pressure by the balloon incident.
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has gone from expressing regret to issuing threats, and Chinese experts are not hopeful that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing will be revived soon.
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The balloon incident has become a tough test for a crop of newly installed Chinese diplomats, as they attempt to mend what Beijing considers its most important bilateral relationship.
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This incident has further highlighted the growing rift between the US and China and the difficulty of mending the relationship between the two countries.
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The incident has had a destructive and long-term negative impact on China-U.S. relations.
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Top Chinese Communist Party leaders will be busy in early March, making it unlikely that a constructive high-level meeting will take place soon.
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If the process takes too long, the visit by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to Taiwan could hinder further talks.
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China will need to find a way to spin events that will appease Washington without appearing to capitulate.
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The preparations and coordination for Blinken’s visit to China need to be re-done.
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The incident has caused a delay in further talks between China and the United States.
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Republican pressure on President Biden to look tough on China is largely to blame for the seriousness of the fallout.
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China’s uncertain response allowed the incident to escalate.
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As the story began to gain traction, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave curt and dismissive answers instead of trying to get ahead of it.
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An ongoing reshuffle of top officials may have further complicated the response, as both Qin Gang and Wang Yi have not publicly commented on the incident.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Xie Feng delivered “stern representations” to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Monday, in the wake of a US-China balloon incident.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently been making moves towards easing diplomatic tensions with Western democracies, including replacing Zhao Lijian, a leading “wolf warrior” diplomat, as Ministry spokesperson.
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Despite this, tensions between the US and China have been rising. After US Secretary of State Blinken cancelled his planned trip to Beijing over a violation of US sovereignty, China fired back that it was the US who had broken with international practice.
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China’s Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated that “the airship is not the United States’ - it is China’s”.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s decision to delay an upcoming visit to China was effectively a cancellation in response to an incident involving a balloon.
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Professor Shi Yinhong of Renmin University of China remarked that the incident shows that the relationship cannot be improved by dialogue alone and requires renewed guiding principles.
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The balloon incident demonstrates the current state of the relationship between China and the U.S. and is indicative of the overall decline of the relationship between the two countries.
链接：https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/07/china-us-spy-balloon-relations/