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　　SANTIAGO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chile's ties with China will remain prosperous under the government of Michelle Bachelet, the president-elect who will begin her four-year term in March, an academic said on Tuesday.

　　"The government of Bachelet will be very close to China because in her previous term (2006-2010) she strengthened ties with the Chinese government and she visited the country more than once," said Marcos Jaramillo, director of the Asian Studies Center at the Catholic¹ University of Chile.

　　During Bachelet's first presidential term, the China-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) came into force. Jaramillo said, "we recognize as very important Chile's ties with China. China is our main trading partner on the other side of the world and we cannot forget this."

　　The expert said the incoming president will be "pragmatic" on the issue of Trans-Pacific Partnership² (TPP), a wide-ranging trade agreement promoted by the United States, "she will try to look out for Chile's interests in continuing to export to China."

　　Noting China's observer status to the Pacific Alliance³, comprising Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico, Jaramillo said the alliance, with good international acceptance, was seen as an opportunity to approach the Pacific, "since today great trade is in the Pacific and not in the Atlantic."

　　As the director of the Asia Studies Center, Jaramillo said China is important in the cultural scope⁴ as well as commercial scope.

　　At the end of the 20th century, the Catholic University of Chile opened the Asian Studies Center as part of the Department of History, Geography and Political Science, and currently⁵, more than 300 students attend courses on Asian topics, according to Jaramillo.

　　"We have much activity inside and outside of the university, including Asian culture, Chinese law and other subjects, as well as regular conferences and seminars."

　　The center is working on strengthening the Chile-China ties through exchanges with Chinese universities, said Jaramillo, and the university signed a cooperation agreement with China's Tsinghua University last year.

　　Now the expert is looking forward to visiting China in July.

1 catholic   

adj.天主教的；n.天主教徒

参考例句：

• The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。
• She was a devoutly Catholic.她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。

2 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 alliance   

n.同盟，同盟国，结盟，联姻

参考例句：

• China will not enter into alliance with any big power.中国不同任何大国结盟。
• The new alliance was very much in evidence.新的联盟上星期很引人注目。

4 scope   

n.（处理、研究事物的）范围，余地，机会

参考例句：

• There is limited scope for creativity in my job.我的工作中发挥创造力的空间有限。
• There is little scope for initiative in this job.这工作几乎没有发挥主动性的余地。

5 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。