Nothing about Clinton’s trip was as path-breaking as her visit earlier this spring to Myanmar, where she met with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein to lend her support to their delicate political dance, which may yet bring the country into the global democratic fold. Her trip opened with the always-tense annual US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which was threatened at the start by the plight of the blind human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who had taken refuge in the United States’ embassy in Beijing.
克林顿此行在开创性方面与她春天对缅甸的访问不可同日而语，她在那里会见了反对派领袖昂山素季和总统吴登盛，并为他们仍有可能令缅甸融入全球民主架构的微妙的政治舞蹈助力。克林顿此行以紧张的中美年度战略与经济对话开幕，谈判从一开始就受到了正在美国驻北京大使馆避难的盲人人权活动家陈光诚所处困境的威胁。