As a European, I and people like me almost instinctively expect more from Russia. It is, after all, a European nation in cultural, if not political terms, whereas progress in China will not be measured by the introduction of Western-style democracy, but eventually, one hopes, by Singapore-style rule of law.
当然，这里面存在着一些偏见。作为欧洲人，我和像我一样的人们本能地寄予俄罗斯更大的期望。毕竟，即便在政治上有所差异，俄罗斯在文化上仍然是一个欧洲国家。而对于中国的发展，我们很难用西方的民主标准来加以衡量，但我们期望最终中国的法治能够与新加坡的相互媲美。