外国专家：中国优化出入境政策促进全球贸易******
从1月8日起，中国对新冠病毒感染实施“乙类乙管”，取消入境后全员核酸检测和集中隔离。莫斯科美利坚大学高级研究员马丁·西夫1月11日在《中国日报》撰文称，旅行和国际贸易是促进全球和平与繁荣的重大、必要条件，因此中国的最新举措应当受到邻国以及其他贸易伙伴的欢迎。
中国优化出入境是大势所趋
文章指出，为遏制高传染性的新冠病毒传播，此前实施旅行限制是必要的。然而，随着新冠病毒致病力持续减弱，以及全球推动接种新冠疫苗及其加强针，该病毒所造成的威胁已经远远低于三年前。
遗憾的是，在当前严峻形势下，即便是最具建设性的举措也会被西方歪曲报道，被用于攫取廉价的政治得分。接下来的一年里，任何限制中国公民和货物在世界各地自由流动的行径，无疑都属于西方损人利己、搞破坏的范畴。
对于全球经济而言，最迫切需要的是与中国的新一轮贸易以及来自中国的投资。中国将再次发挥巨大的建设性作用，促进世界繁荣与增长。在过去20年里，中国一直是全球增长主要引擎，尤其是在拉丁美洲、撒哈拉以南非洲发挥了重要作用。中国与沙特阿拉伯以及其他海湾国家之间的贸易快速增长、关系持续深化，向着这一方向迈进是大势所趋、众望所归。
在地缘政治局势紧张的背景下，若要促进世界和平，最重要的是推动个人旅行以及商业和旅游业互动，为新一轮外交对话与外交接触营造更加积极的氛围。
对于拉丁美洲和非洲发展中国家而言，当务之急是吸引新一轮中国投资以重振陷入停滞与衰退的经济。除了英美智囊团，全世界都知道，中国无意破坏各国政府和社会的稳定。
积极回应中国新举措是良好开端
文章分析称，长期以来，中国以实际行动证明自己是一个忠诚可靠的伙伴，值得信赖，愿对世界各国进行投资并保持合作关系，而不是以意识形态和政府组织形式来划界。这是维护世界长期和平、促进全球发展与繁荣的必由之路。
如今，中国再次采取积极、明智和令人鼓舞的举措，以此促进世界贸易复苏，推动各国人民和政府重新建立联系、增进了解。各主要国家应当积极回应这一举措。一些国家的针锋相对不是人心所向，全球人民都希望在2023年看到积极回应，进而消除仇恨、缓解紧张局势、增加投资、加深理解、促进包容。
美国领导人和政客一直以来都是口惠而实不至，中国同其他许多国家一样早就对此见怪不怪。令人鼓舞的是，在世界各地，一些领导人已经意识到重要的是日积月累的政治才能，而不是在国际舞台上用侮辱性、煽动性的指责和谎言哗众取宠。在经历了这么长时间的新冠危机后，对中国优化防疫政策作出快速而积极的回应将是一个良好开端。
（编辑：严玉洁 王辉 周凤梅）
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文•麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
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