美国总统奥巴马不愿意挑战中国在亚洲的耀武扬威和领土野心 — — 近期日本和美国在中国新划定的防空识别区问题上的反差就是明证 — — 这让越来越焦急的安倍被迫通知两国，克制不可能是单方面的。
Faced with US President Barack Obama’s reluctance to challenge China’s muscle-flexing and territorial ambitions in Asia – reflected in Japan’s recent split with the US over China’s new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) – an increasingly desperate Abe was compelled to let both countries know that restraint cannot be one-sided.