This approach should favor China’s global strategy, which is premised upon Xi’s desire to build a new type of “major power” relationship between China and the US (the Chinese government prefers “major power” to “great power,” probably in order to highlight its stated renunciation of hegemonic ambition). Indeed, among the myriad unresolved issues dividing the US and China, North Korea’s nuclear program is the one most likely to impede mutual trust.
这一立场有利于中国的全球战略——该战略的前提是习近平建立中美新型“大国”关系的渴望（中国政府喜欢用“大国”而不是“强国”，可能是为了突出其不称霸的原则）。事实上，在中美存在分歧的诸多未解决问题中，朝鲜核计划是最有可能妨碍双方互信的问题之一。