双语|出人意料的超级大国

The accidental superpower 出人意料的超级大国

The scholars also played down their government’s recent seeming assertiveness as a string of accidents, forced reactions to outside pressures, such as Japan’s nationalisation of the Senkaku-Diaoyus, and nothing to do with its new leaders setting out their stall. They may be right. But China should be perturbed by the negative regional reaction to some of its recent moves. Unless, of course, a rising China does not care; or thinks that, if it cannot be loved, then being feared is next best.

尽管近期事故不断，外界频繁施压，比如日本企图将钓鱼岛国有化，加之领导层换届，中国政府对外仍表现得坚定自信，学者们对此也只是轻描淡写，一带而过。也许他们是对的。但是中国近期的举动引起了一些地区的反对，它应该有所警觉。不过，当然，崛起的中国也许并不把这放在心上；也许它认为，如果不能令人热爱，令人敬畏也是不错的。