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多数美国人看好亚洲的发展

Americans are turning away from Europe toward Asia, according to a survey released on Wednesday showing, for the first time, most US citizens thought China and Japan were more important to their national interest.

周三发布的一项调查显示，美国人的关注点正在从欧洲转向亚洲，多数美国公民认为中国和日本对他们的国家利益更重要，这还是有史以来首次。

The Transatlantic Trends survey found 51 percent of Americans felt Asian countries were more important to them than European Union nations, while only 38 percent thought the opposite.

跨大西洋趋势调查发现，51%的美国人觉得亚洲国家相对于欧洲国家对他们更重要，只有38%的美国人认为欧洲更重要。

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The new American focus was promptedby both interest in new business opportunities from Asia's booming economies and fear of growing competition from the Far East, said analysts.

分析家说，美国人关注点的新变化原因有二，一是亚洲蓬勃发展的经济带来的新商机，另一个是对来自远东地区日益激烈的竞争的担忧。二者都对美国人的利益产生了影响。

"What do people see on TV? ... Booming China, booming India, implodingEurope. It's natural to ask: Who do we want to alignourselves with?," said Bruce Stokes, a senior fellow from think tank the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GM) that published the survey.