21号，美国白宫和中共外交部分别宣布，美国总统奥巴马与大陆国家主席习近平6月份将在加州进行双边会晤。这次会见可以说是出乎意料。因为胡锦涛当选国家主席3年后才访问美国，江泽民也在4年半后才访美。而习近平接任国家主席仅仅2个多月就访美，被外界认为史上罕见。那么，习近平为什么要急急访问美国呢?奥巴马和习近平将要谈什么呢?我们来听专家的分析。
根据中共外交部的消息，习近平在访美之前，将对特立尼达和多巴哥、哥斯大黎加、墨西哥三国进行国事访问，时间为5月31号至6月6号。此后，将于6月7号至8号在美国加利福尼亚州安纳伯格庄园同奥巴马举行会晤。
而白宫的声明则说，奥巴马和习近平将深入讨论广泛的双边、地区和全球议题。他们将回顾过去，以及未来如何建设性的处理两国间的分歧。
美国《中国事务》杂志总编伍凡：〝我想面谈的面会很广，因为习近平上来已经半年了，第一中国国内面临着很大的困难，很大的问题，而这些问题跟外国各个形势都有关;第二，现在中国的网军又继续向美国开始进攻了，美国有很多资金又撤回去了，从中国大陆撤回去，很多工厂生产线也往回撤了。也增加了中国经济上的很多困难。〞
美国中文杂志《中国事务》总编伍凡分析，不仅仅中美两国之间有很多问题亟待解决，中美和欧洲，中国和日本、菲律宾、越南等周边国家的关系都涉及到美国。伍凡认为，中国面临内外交困，有很多问题习近平需要找美国商量和谈判。
奥巴马和习近平的会晤，同时引发美国媒体的强烈关注。
5月21号《洛杉矶时报》猜测奥巴马和习近平可能要谈到的话题：一是，美国将会向中共施压，让中共帮助劝说北韩放弃核计划;二是，中共针对美国政府和企业的大规模网路间谍活动。
同一天的加拿大《环球邮报》则认为，会谈的内容可能涉及朝鲜、网路攻击以及南中国海领土纠纷等一系列问题。
中国公民监政会主席郭永丰：〝它是个秘密的会谈，也是个突如其来的会谈，它(中共)都做好了充分的准备，也是有备而来，它目地性很强的，主要是独裁国家的外交，主要是金钱外交，第二是人情外交，第三也要经过金钱的收买，奥巴马不知道能不能吃他一套。〞
另外，奥巴马和习近平的会晤地点，是已故美国富豪安纳伯格的豪宅〝阳光之乡〞(Sunnylands)。
而美国智库布鲁金斯学会网站，21号刊登的一篇博文认为，两位领导人在轻松的场所里，可以放松的畅谈，包括他们各自在国内所面临的挑战以及他们对未来的期待。
旅德学者仲维光：〝我认为所有习近平无论他采取什么样的做法，以及他讲什么样的话，实际上，这个东西只能制造一个暂时的现象，最根本的，还是习近平到底想走哪条路，到底对历史怎么认识。〞
香港《争鸣》杂志日前透露，习近平在3月的一次中共高层会议上发出警告说：今年和明年两年，中共将面临生死决战。
旅德学者仲维光希望习近平在历史面前，或者说在激流中，改变方向，这样的话，无论是对他，对中国，对未来，都是一件好事。
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Unexpected& Unusual: Obama Meeting with Xi Jinping Announced
On May21, it was officially declared that U.S.
President Barack Obama and China’s President
Xi Jinping will meet in June, in California.
This is deemed an unexpected and unusual meeting,
as Xi took over as state president two months ago.
In contrast, Hu Jintao’s first US trip was three
years after assuming office, whilst Jiang Zemin
was four and a half years after taking office.
Why is Xi Jinping hastily going to visit the US?
What are the issues for Obama and Xi to discuss?
Let’s see the experts’ interpretation of it.
China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry stated that before
Xi’s US trip, Xi will visit Trinidad and Tobago,
Costa Rica, and Mexico, from May31 to June6.
June7-8, Xi will meet with President Obama in California.
The White House announced that Obama and Xi will
debate a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues.
They will"review progress and challenges in
U.S.-China relations over the past four years.
They will also discuss ways to enhance cooperation, whilst
constructively managing differences in the years ahead.
Wu Fan, Chief editor, US-based China Affairs:
"I think their talks will cover a broad range of issues.
Xi Jinping has held office as the new Chinese
Communist Party(CCP) leader for over half a year.
Firstly, China now faces a plight, in that it is subject
to the influence of the world’s political situation.
Secondly, Chinese netizens have
flooded US online petition systems.
A lot of US factories have also
withdrawn from mainland China.
This is also increased economic hardship in China."
Wu Fan says that between the two countries,
there exist many problems that need to be solved.
Also, the U.S. have involved in other issues.
These include US-China relations, China-Europe
relations, and relations between China and its neighbors.
Wu Fan thinks that China has been beset
with internal and external difficulties.
All these have driven Xi Jinping to seek
solutions, by negotiating with the US.
The Obama-Xi meeting has
sparked intense US media attention.
According to a Los Angeles Times article dated
May21, there are a few possible discussion topics.
The US may pressure the CCP to help persuade
Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program.
They may also discuss the CCP’s large-scale cyber
attacks on the US government and businesses.
On the same day, the Canadian Global Post reported
issues that are possibilities of being discussed.
These are North Korea, cyber attacks, and
territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Guo Yongfeng, Founder of"Citizen Watchdog":
"These are secret and unexpected talks.
The CCP has been well prepared for it, with a clear aim.
It implements authoritarian diplomacy, mainly by
using dollars, then by personal relationship, and bribery.
But Xi doesn’t know that Obama won’t fall for that."
As scheduled, Obama and Xi will meet at Sunnylands,
the famed Annenberg estate, located in Rancho Mirage.
On May21, a blog was published
on the Brookings Institution website.
It reviewed that in an informal environment, the two can talk
about their domestic challenges and visions for the future.
Zhong Weiguang, Germany-based scholar:
"I think that no matter what approach Xi Jinping
will take, and what he will advocate or promise,
all the results will only be transitory.
The core issue is that Xi’s choice of political
route, and his justification of China’s history."
According to Hong Kong’s Cheng Ming Magazine,
Xi Jinping gave warning at a high-level meeting in March.
Xi said that the CCP will face a
life-or-death battle in2013 and2014.
Zhong Weiguang hopes that Xi will choose
a new direction in the face of China’s history.
That will be good for Xi himself, for China,
and for the future, explains the scholar.