亚利桑那州州长凯蒂·霍布斯与台湾领导人已在凤凰城开设办事处，以协助该地区的台湾企业和民众。
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Taiwanese leaders have opened an office in Phoenix to aid Taiwanese businesses and citizens in the region.
吴非、唐蒂蒂 凤凰城报道 —— 尽管面临中国政府施压要求阻止，亚利桑那州州长凯蒂·霍布斯与台湾领导人周一仍开设了一处经贸文化办事处，旨在协助该地区的台湾企业和民众。
WUFEI YU, DIDI TANG PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Taiwanese leaders opened an economic and cultural office Monday to aid Taiwanese businesses and citizens in the region, despite pressure from the Chinese government to block it.
台湾当局表示，这座位于凤凰城的新办事处——这是台湾在美国的第14个办事处——将促进科技领域的合作，特别是半导体制造方面的合作，并更好地服务在该市日益增长的台湾移民群体。
Taiwanese authorities have said the new Phoenix office — their 14th in the United States — will promote collaboration in technology, especially in semiconductor manufacturing, and better serve a growing number of Taiwanese migrants in the city.
据州长办公室向美联社分享的文件显示，在该办事处设立计划于7月宣布后，霍布斯收到了中国驻洛杉矶总领事馆的两封信函，要求她反对该提案。
After the plans for the office were announced in July, Hobbs received two letters from China’s consulate general in Los Angeles asking her to object to the proposal, according to documents the governor’s office shared with The Associated Press.
在7月3日的一封信中，中方呼吁州长“驳斥台湾当局的此类企图，停止任何损害中国与亚利桑那州友好合作的政治花招”。这一立场在8月21日的另一封信中得到重申。凤凰城电台KJZZ率先报道了这些信函。霍布斯在周一的开幕仪式上欢迎亚利桑那州与台湾的关系。
In a July 3 letter, the Chinese authority called the governor to “refute such an attempt by the Taiwan authorities and stop any political gimmicks to harm the friendship and cooperation between China and the State of Arizona.”The stance was reiterated in an Aug. 21 letter. The letters were first reported by Phoenix radio station KJZZ. Hobbs welcomed Arizona’s ties with Taiwan at Monday’s opening.
霍布斯表示：“每一位亚利桑那州民选官员都应展现出支持亚利桑那州与台湾伙伴关系所需的勇气。随着我们的经济伙伴关系不断深化，我们正在调动一切可用资源，支持台湾企业在亚利桑那州拓展业务。” 北京声称台湾是其不可分割的一个分裂省份，而台湾认为自己独立于中国大陆之外，并拥有自己的政府。学者指出，随着美中关系多年恶化，地方政府层面与中国政府及台湾的合作变得更加政治化。
“Every Arizona elected official should show the courage necessary to support the partnership between Arizona and Taiwan,” Hobbs said. “As our economic partnership grows, we are mobilizing every available resource to support Taiwanese companies expanding here in Arizona.”Beijing claims the island as a breakaway province inseparable from China, while Taiwan considers itself separate from the Chinese mainland and has its own government. Scholars say that local-level collaborations with the Chinese government and Taiwan have become more politicized as U.S.-China relations have deteriorated over the years.
“中国坚决反对中国台湾地区同美国以任何形式进行官方往来，包括联邦和州政府，”中国驻美大使馆发言人刘畅周一在一份声明中说。
“China firmly opposes official interactions of any form between China’s Taiwan region and the U.S., including its federal and state governments,” Liu Chang, a spokesperson for China’s Embassy in the U.S., said in a statement on Monday.
台湾一直在扩大其在亚利桑那州的经济版图，先进芯片制造商台积电（TSMC）承诺投资1000亿美元扩大其在菲尼克斯北部的业务。这使其在该市的总投资达到2650亿美元，成为美国历史上最大的外国直接投资。
Taiwan has been increasing its economic footprint in Arizona, with advanced chipmaker Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, pledging $100 billion to expand its operation in northern Phoenix. That brings its total investment in the city to $265 billion, the largest foreign direct investment in U.S. history.
据台湾前立法委员、哈德逊研究所高级研究员徐永明称，约有500名台湾工程师正在亚利桑那州台积电努力提高产能。
Around 500 Taiwanese engineers are working to ramp up production at TSMC in Arizona, according to Jason Hsu, a former lawmaker in Taiwan and a senior fellow at the public policy think tank Hudson Institute.
菲尼克斯市长凯特·加列戈还表示，该市台湾社区出现了一种“生育热潮”，甚至有几家产房推出了中文服务项目。
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego also said the city is seeing a sort of “baby boom” in its Taiwanese communities, with several labor and delivery rooms even launching Mandarin language programs.