If the US is eclipsed any time soon, this will more likely be due to its loss of social cohesion and its dysfunctional politics. China might well step in to fill that vacuum, but that is quite different from being able to elbow America aside.
因此如果美国将在近期任何时候被超越的话，这更可能是因为其社会凝聚力的丢失以及无效运作的政治系统。中国很有可能会填补这一真空，但我们并不能说是它压倒了美国。