中国国家副主席习近平2012年2月13-17日对美国的访问引起各界的广泛议论。习近平看来将接替胡锦涛，出任中国最高领导人，因此，美中关系今后将如何发展，在很大程度上将取决于习近平的立场、观点和主张。习近平这次访美，恰逢美中关系处于紧张状态的时候，比如中国否决联合国安理会关于叙利亚的决议导致美中在中东问题上的分歧加深，而两国在朝鲜、台湾、伊朗、南中国海、汇率、贸易等方面的矛盾过去几年来一直有增无减。那末，习近平这次访美是否让白宫相信，他是一个不论现在还是将来都能合作解决问题的中国领导人？他是否同时让北京的其他领导人相信他并没有向美国屈服？在整个美中关系的大发展上，习近平这次访美到底有多重要？
敬请收看美国企业研究所2012年2月16日举行的研讨会：“习近平访美之后 - 美中关系下一步怎么走？”
Xi's Visit: What's Next for U.S.-China Relations?
Thursday, February 16, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
AEI, Twelfth Floor
1150 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Two blocks from Farragut North Metro
This event will be livestreamed.
Participants:
DAN BLUMENTHAL, AEI
ELLEN BORK, Foreign Policy Initiative
MICHAEL MAZZA, AEI
DEREK SCISSORS, Heritage Foundation
On February 14, Vice President Joe Biden will host his Chinese counterpart--Xi Jinping, China's likely next paramount leader--for meetings in Washington, D.C. Xi arrives during an extended period of tension in the U.S.-China relationship, marked most recently by Beijing's veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria. Moreover, ongoing differences over North Korea, Taiwan, Iran, the South China Sea, and currency and trade issues have made bilateral cooperation difficult over the past couple of years. Will Xi reassure the White House that he is a leader it can work with both now and in the future? Can he simultaneously reassure his Chinese compatriots that he will not kowtow to the United States? How important is Xi's visit in the bigger picture of U.S.-China relations? On Thursday, February 16, a panel will assess Xi's time in Washington.