【編者按:包括《中美印象》網站在內的美國30多家民間組織將于11月13日上午九時發表致美國總統拜登和中國國家主席的公開信。公開信的簽署組織希望兩國領導人在11月15日舊金山峰會期間和之後“共同致力于可持續性地降低雙邊關係中的危險摩擦和旨在保護我們的星球、和平與繁榮的雙邊富有成效的合作”。】
約瑟夫·R·拜登總統
白宮
華盛頓特區
習近平主席閣下
中國人民共和國駐美大使館轉交
2023年11月9日
尊敬的拜登總統與習近平主席,
隨着您們在舊金山的預期會晤日漸臨近,我們希望致函表達我們對一次友好和富有成效的討論的眞誠希望,以及對當前中美關係趨勢的深切擔憂。
儘管也有摩擦,但中美兩國經過幾十年的全面發展,互惠互利的關係不斷擴大。然而,近年來雙邊關係嚴重惡化。現在,兩國似乎正在走上一條可能導致衝突和對抗的道路,這不符合任何一個國家的利益。
在您們于舊金山的會晤中,我們懇請您們在私下和公開場合明確表示,您們將共同致力于可持續性地降低雙邊關係中的危險摩擦和旨在保護我們的星球、和平與繁榮的雙邊富有成效的合作。
這封公開信的簽署機構代表了和中美關係的未來有着直接利害關係的美國各個利益集團—中包括農民、敎育工作者、企業主、工人、科學家、氣候專家等等,他們遍布美國各地和各個政治派別。他們都從穩定和富有成效的雙邊關係中受益,並期望兩國政府保持這種關係。然而,中美兩國重要人物持續的敵對言論導致了中美關係的嚴重惡化,這種趨勢令人擔憂。
能否實現一個更穩定和更有成效的雙邊關係取決于兩國政府最高層的舉措。雖然一次會晤不會立即改變兩國關係的走向,但它必須無誤地傳達出一個信號:美利堅合衆國和中華人民共和國將共同致力于將雙邊關係引向更積極、威脅更小的方向。在您們領導兩國重新致力于這一重要目標的過程中,我們向您們保證我們堅定不移的支持。
President Joseph R. Biden
The White House
Washington, D.C.
President Xi Jinping
In Care of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
Washington, D.C.
November 9, 2023
Dear President Biden
and President Xi,
As the date of your expected personal meeting in San Francisco
approaches, we write to express our sincere hopes for a cordial and
productive discussion, and deep concerns over current trends in
Sino-American relations.
After decades of comprehensive expansion of mutually beneficial
relations – despite moments of friction – between the United States
and China, our bilateral relations have severely deteriorated in
recent years, and your two countries now appear to be following a
path that could lead to conflict and confrontation that is in
neither country’s interests.
When you meet in San Francisco, we respectfully urge you to make
clear, both in private and publicly, your shared commitment to the
sustained reduction of dangerous frictions in bilateral relations,
and to energetic Sino-American cooperation on issues central to the
preservation of the planet, peace, and prosperity.
Our organizations represent a wide range of American constituencies
with direct stakes in the future of the U.S.-China relationship –
farmers, educators, business owners, workers, scientists, climate
experts, and more, across the face of America and the political
spectrum. Our constituents benefit from, and expect their
governments to maintain, a stable and productive bilateral
relationship. Continued hostile rhetoric from prominent figures in
both the United States and China contributes to this alarming
deterioration of relations.
Pursuit of more stable and productive bilateral ties depends on
initiatives at the very apex of our nations’ governments. A single
meeting will not instantly redirect the course of those ties. It
must, however, send an unmistakable signal that the United States
and the People’s Republic of China will exert focused efforts to
shift the trajectory of bilateral relations into more positive, and
less threatening, channels. As you lead your nations’ recommitment
to that essential goal, we can assure you of our strong support.
以下是截止11月10日的簽署組織(字母順序排列)
21st Century China Center at UC San Diego School of Global Policy
and Strategy Action Corps
America China Public Affairs Institute
American Friends Service Committee
APA Justice Task Force
Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering
Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs(APAPA)
Campaign for Peace,Disarmament and Common Security
Church of the Brethren,Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
Committee for a Sane U.S.China Policy
CommonDefense.us
Farmers for Free Trade
Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum
Institute for Policy Studies,National Priorities Project
Justice Is Global
National Asian American United
Pax Christi USA
Peace Action
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Pivot to Peace
Project on Government Oversight
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
RootsAction.org
Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America(SCBA)Sojourners
The 1990 Institute
The China Project
The Serica Initiative
United Chinese Americans (UCA)
U.S.China Education Trust
U.S.Heartland China Association
U.S.China Perception Monitor,The Carter Center
Veterans For Peace
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