日本不仅是中国最大的贸易和投资伙伴，也是中国希望与之维护友好关系的实力最强的邻居，中国这样做的部分目的是向亚洲和世界其他国家展示中国的崛起并不对任何人构成威胁。
Japan is not only one of China’s largest trade and investment partners, it is also the most powerful neighbor with which China wants to be on good terms, partly to showcase that China’s rise is not a threat to Asia and the rest of the world.