A group of senior Republican Asia experts have declared their support for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, warning that Donald Trump would lead to the “ruinous marginalisation” of the US in Asia if elected president.

多名共和党(Republican)亚洲专家宣称支持民主党(Democratic)候选人希拉里•克林顿(Hillary Clinton)，并警告称唐纳德•特兰普(Donald Trump)一旦当选总统，会导致美国在亚洲遭遇“毁灭性的边缘化”。

In the latest open letter by prominent Republicans denouncing their party’s nominee, a group of former officials who served in previous GOP administrations say they would “reluctantly for some but unavoidably” be voting for Mrs Clinton.

这是知名共和党人谴责这位该党提名人的最新一封公开信。在这封公开信中，多名曾在共和党行政当局效力的前官员表示，他们中“部分人将不情愿却不可避免地”投票支持希拉里。

“The current Republican presidential candidate offers only bluster or preposterous panaceas for Asia — ideas which, if they ever find their way into policy, will wreck our country’s credibility, economy and leadership in very short order,” says a copy of the letter seen by the Financial Times.

英国《金融时报》看到的该信副本写道：“当前的共和党总统候选人能为亚洲提供的，只有虚张声势或违背常识的万灵药——那些思路一旦进入政策，会在极短时间内严重破坏我国的可信度、经济和领导力。”

The repudiation by the anti-Trump Asia specialists, who include former senior officials at the White House, Pentagon, state department and the USAID development agency, comes in an open letter set to be published this week.

这些反特朗普的亚洲专家包括了曾在白宫(White House)、五角大楼(Pentagon)、美国国务院和美国国际开发署(USAID)任职的高官。他们在定于本周发表的一封公开信中表达了自己的观点。

The letter's signatories include several George W Bush administration officials, among them Michael Green, senior director for Asia on the White House’s national security council; James Clad, deputy assistant secretary of defence for Asia; Patrick Cronin, who was number three at USAID; and Frank Lavin, former undersecretary of commerce.

该信的署名人包括了几名乔治•W•布什(George W Bush)政府的官员，其中包括白宫国家安全委员会的资深亚洲主管迈克尔•格林(Michael Green)、主管亚洲防务的副助理部长詹姆斯•克莱德(James Clad)、美国国际开发署第三号人物帕特里克·克罗宁(Patrick Cronin)、以及前商务部副部长雷文凯(Frank Lavin)。

If Mr Trump were to put his “nostrums” into practice as president, he would risk pushing key US allies into China’s arms, the letter warns.

这封信警告称，一旦特朗普以总统身份将其“偏方”付诸实践，他可能会将美国的关键盟友推向中国的怀抱。

“In their varying ways, Asia’s big or small countries will be forced to tilt towards America’s challengers, most especially the Chinese. Some of them may move quickly to seek security in a new proliferation of nuclear weapons,” it says.

公开信表示：“亚洲大小国家将以不同方式被迫倒向挑战美国的人——尤其是中国人。其中一些国家或许会迅速采取行动，在新一轮核武器扩散中寻求安全。”