菲律宾总统贝尼尼奥·阿基诺上周前往华盛顿与贝拉克·奥巴马总统及其他美国政府高官会面,试图从美同这个长期的战略盟友那里寻求帮助,从而提升与日益进取的中国相比照的菲律宾的地位。从某些方面来讲,阿基诺的时机选得再好不过了。奥巴马政府因为担心中国越来越大的影响力,最近宣布对美国政策作出所谓的将“轴心”转向亚洲的调整,力图重新获得一定程度的它曾在该地区拥有的影响力。这是阿基诺自2010年中上台以来第三次访问华盛顿,他此行的真正计划是要让美方 Philippine President Benigno Aquino went to Washington last week to meet with President Barack Obama and other senior U.S. government officials in an attempt to seek help from the United States, a long-term strategic ally, to enhance the Philippines in comparison with the increasingly progressive China Position. In some ways, Aquino’s time to choose the best. The Obama administration, recently appalled by its growing influence in China, has announced a so-called “U.S. Axis” adjustment to U.S. policy in an effort to regain some degree of influence it has had in the region. This is Aquino’s third visit to Washington since he took office in mid-2010. The real plan for his visit is to allow the U.S. side