Given the recent deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations – a decline that accelerated in 2012, when Japan purchased the disputed Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands in Chinese) from their private owner to prevent Japanese nationalists from taking control of them – the mere fact that Abe will attend the summit is a major step. A meeting between Abe and Xi – their first since either came to power – would offer concrete grounds for hope.
最近，中日关系出现了恶化——这一趋势在日本从其私人所有者手中购买钓鱼岛（日本称尖阁列岛）以防止日本民族主义者控制该群岛后有所加剧——安倍出席峰会已经算得上是重大一步。安倍晋三和习近平的悔悟——两人上台后的第一次——将给人们带来更大的希望。