In trying to decipher Asia’s diplomatic future, Europeans are confronted, so to speak, with an “embarrassment of riches.” Is Asia today replaying the balance of power games of late nineteenth-century Europe, with China in the role of Germany?
在试图诠释亚洲外交未来时，可以说，欧洲人面临的是一个富人的尴尬。亚洲今天是不是在重新进行着十九世纪后期欧洲的大国平衡游戏，而中国就像是当时的德国呢？或者，南亚通过东盟的发展，将来会不会在远东成为类似欧盟的这样一个组织呢？