美國在巴基斯坦的援助和影響力下降 中國插入

WASHingTON (AP) — Pakistani leaders often wax lyrical about their "sweeter than honey" relations with all-weather friend China. There's no romance about their marriage of convenience with America.

華盛頓（美聯社）——巴基斯坦領導人經常宣稱自己與全天候朋友中國的“比蜜還甜”的關係。而與美國的權宜婚姻則沒有半點浪漫可言。

As the Trump administration plots its policy toward a key partner, it will find Pakistan being drawn deeper into Beijing's embrace and its promise of $46 billion in energy, infrastructure and industry investments by 2030. The money could transform the Muslim nation's economy.

隨着川普政府將政策轉向一個關鍵夥伴，川普政府將會發現巴基斯坦正更深的投入了北京的懷抱以及中國在2030年前向巴基斯坦的能源，基建以及產業投資460億美元的承諾。

Washington, by contrast, is losing faith in how much its largesse can influence Pakistan. Many frustrated U.S. policymakers see Pakistan as a terrorist haven that some $30 billion in security and economic assistance since the 9/11 attacks has failed to fix. But an American retreat could have broad implications for its ability to maintain stability in a regional powder keg of extremism, weak governance and various potential conflicts.

相反，華盛頓對自己的慷慨援助到底可以在多大程度上影響巴基斯坦已經失去了信心。很多心灰意冷的美國政策制定者視巴基斯坦爲恐怖主義者的天堂，自911以來已經向巴基斯坦提供的300億美元的安全和經濟援助都沒能解決這個問題。但是美國的撤出可能會對其在這個極端主義，治理薄弱以及各種潛在衝突盛行的地區的維穩能力產生廣泛的影響。