SEOUL – Given that the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum account for some 54% of global GDP and about 44% of world trade, the agenda for this month’s APEC summit should be drawing much global attention. Yet the only issue in which anyone seems interested is whether or not Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet on the sidelines, and, if they do, whether a substantive discussion to ease bilateral tensions will take place.
首尔—亚太经济合作（Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation，APEC）论坛的21个成员国占了全球GDP的54%和世界贸易的44%，因此本月APEC峰会的日程将引起全球关注。但所有人都兴趣盎然的唯一一个问题是中国国家主席习近平和日本首相安倍晋三是否会在场边举行会晤，如果会晤的话，是否会有缓解双边紧张态势的实质性讨论。