中日在“东亚共同体”上,正展开软实力较量。在议题主导上,要打破日本点香、中国跟着拜的被动近日,国务院总理温家宝在泰国出席东亚会议时,首次代表中国政府提出建立“东亚共同体”的原则这个话题。这一演讲也许表明:在日本新首相鸠山由纪夫更早前在联合国大会上提出东亚共同体构想后,中国意识到外交领域面临严峻考验。 On the East Asia Community, China and Japan are embarking on a contest of soft power. In order to break the domination of Japan and follow the passive pass of China recently, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council at the East Asia Conference in Thailand proposed for the first time on behalf of the Chinese government the theme of establishing the “East Asian Community.” This speech may show that after Japan’s new prime minister Yukio Hatoyama proposed the concept of an East Asian Community at the UN General Assembly earlier, China realized that the diplomatic field is facing a severe test.