Beijing-More-explicit U.S. support for Taiwan is underscoring China's weak hand in dealing with Washington and complicating a politically important visit to the U.S. by China's presumptive next president. During the two months since U.S. President George W. Bush's smooth if uneventful trip to Beijing, China has watched with dismay as his administration took steps that amounted to America's most unambiguous backing of Taiwan in two decades. The administration allowed the first visit by a Taiwan defense minister since the 1980s, promised to defend Taiwan if China attacked, and pushed ahead with weapons sales and training programs for Taiwan's military. All this threatens a fundamental Chinese interest-to unify Taiwan with the mainland-and unravels decades of Chinese diplomacy aimed at getting the U.S. to limit its support for the island.
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机译：北京对美国的更明确支持，凸显了中国在与华盛顿打交道时的软弱力量，并使中国推定的下一任总统对美国进行政治上重要的访问变得复杂。自美国总统乔治·布什（George W. Bush）顺利而平稳地访问北京以来的两个月中，中国感到沮丧地看着他的政府采取的措施相当于美国二十年来最明确的台湾支持。政府允许台湾国防部长自1980年代以来首次访问，承诺如果中国发动进攻来保卫台湾，并推进了针对台湾军方的武器销售和培训计划。所有这些威胁到了中国的根本利益-统一台湾与大陆-并解散了数十年旨在让美国限制对台湾的支持的中国外交。
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