In the case of Korea – as Christopher Hill, one of the most effective US negotiators on these matters, remembers – the US should make it clear that no possible solution for the divided peninsula would mean a strategic loss for China. After the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953, the 38th parallel was established as the limit for US forces’ presence; the importance of that war for China should not be forgotten.
除了六方会谈之外，应该建立一个有助于中美展开合作对话的框架。就朝鲜问题而言，美国在这方面最精干的谈判者克里斯托弗·希尔（Christopher Hill）指出，美国应该澄清一点：解决朝鲜半岛分裂状态的任何方案都不会给中国造成战略损失。自1953年朝鲜战争休战协定签署以来，三八线便一直是美军行动的界线；朝鲜战争对中国的重要性决不能忘记。