China, Japan, and Indonesia must be among Obama’s priorities, but many others will clamor for him to visit their capitals. Clinton and the US administration would do well to decide which requests are merely photo ops and confine these to meetings at the sidelines of APEC.
中国、日本和印尼肯定是奥巴马的重点，但其他很多国家也将大声呼吁他访问自己的首都。克林顿和美国政府应合理确定哪些邀请不过是为了拍照，并将其限定在亚太经济合作组织会议的副业。美国应坚持把实质性会谈作为奥巴马到访的前提条件。比如在中国，克林顿成功地确立了两国就气候变化合作的日程表。现在必须备齐所需的计划和资源。