Conversely, some of China’s most disturbing moves can be chalked up to exaggerated feelings of insecurity. Consider the harsh treatment of the gadfly critic Liu Xiaobao, sentenced to 11 years in prison on trumped-up charges of “subversion” for launching an Internet petition drive championing civil liberties.
与此相反，中国某些最令人恼火的举动可以归结为其内心缺乏安全感的夸张表现。以对异见人士刘晓波的严厉处理为例，官方指控其在网上发动捍卫公民权力的请愿行为，并以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”判处有期徒刑11年。试想一个真正拥有自信的统治精英会对刘晓波的这种举动如此敏感吗？