The most important element of China’s charm offensive is its effort to improve relations with Japan, initiated at a meeting between Xi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the recent APEC meeting in Beijing. The long-awaited climate deal that Xi struck with Obama at another peripheral meeting at the same event is no small step, either.
中国魅力攻势中最重要的元素是其试图改善与日本的关系，首先是在最近的APEC北京峰会上，习近平与日本首相安倍晋三举行了场外会晤。在这次APEC峰会的外围会议上，习近平还与奥巴马达成了人们期待已久的气候协议，这也是个不小的动作。