Why Pacific Island Nations Are Turning To China
Key Words
- administration 政府
- vulnerable 易受傷害的
- confront 對抗
- vow 宣誓
- diplomatic 外交
- renormalize 關係正常化
The Trump administration formally began pulling the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement. That is a big concern for some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, including the island nations of the Pacific.
Pacific island nations consider themselves on the front lines of climate change and they had hoped the U.S. to help confront the rising seas around them. Now some of those nations are turning to China for help. Beijing has vowed to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement. The diplomatic restructuring in the region has opened up a new front in the battle for influence between China and the U.S.
The Solomon Islands decided in September to downgrade its ties with Taiwan and renormalize diplomatic relations with Beijing. Taiwan then ended its relationship with the Solomons. Economic reasons were a driver of the Solomons’ decision, but climate change was a key factor in the decision to switch. Climate change is about the present and future.
美國川普政府正式退出撤離 2015年的巴黎氣候協定，對大多數最易受天候傷害的國家而言，包括太平洋的島國，是相當令人憂慮的。
太平洋島國認為自己是在抗氣候變遷衝擊的最前線，原本希望美國政府能夠幫助他們 對抗海平面上升所帶來的災難，現在部分這些國家轉向中國求援，而北京政府已經宣誓要持續待在巴黎協定中，而在整個太平洋地區中國跟美國之間的角力，這樣的外交重組開啟了新的戰線。
所羅門群島在九月的時候決定要終止跟台灣的外交關係，並且將其與北京政權的外交關係正常化，而台灣也決定要中止根所門群島的正式關係。經濟因素也許是所羅門群島做這個決定的主要的推手，但是氣候變遷才是轉向中國的真正因素。氣候變遷可是攸關現在及未來。
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