3月，在韩国涟川附近、分隔南北韩的非军事区一带，美军士兵参加美韩联合渡河演练。这是年度“自由护盾”联合军事训练的一部分。
U.S. Army soldiers take part in a U.S.-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise, which is a part of the annual Freedom Shield joint military training, near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, in March.
周四，在中国国家主席习近平与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普举行峰会时，习近平将台湾作为核心议题，要求华盛顿反对台湾独立；美国的亚洲盟友则在一旁忐忑不安地观望。
As America’s regional allies watched with trepidation, Chinese leader Xi Jinping put Taiwan at the center of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, pressing Washington to oppose its independence. Japan quickly sought reassurance from Trump, but South Korea has remained more guarded. Wary of antagonizing China and reluctant to divert attention from the Korean Peninsula, Seoul has traditionally played things safe.
日本迅速向特朗普寻求保证，但韩国一直更加谨慎。首尔既担心激怒中国，又不愿分散外界对朝鲜半岛的关注，历来采取谨慎立场。
Yet that discretion is becoming harder to sustain with the growing prospect that war over Taiwan could pull the Korean Peninsula into any conflict, regardless of Seoul’s preferences.
然而，随着台海战争越来越可能将朝鲜半岛卷入冲突，不管首尔愿不愿意，这种谨慎做法越来越难以维持。
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