As the US backtracks on its liberal standards, it is flirting with what can be called the “Beijing Consensus,” which makes economic development a country’s paramount goal and prescribes that states should actively steer growth in a way that suits national stability. What matters in this worldview is not the nature of any country’s political system, but the extent to which it improves its people’s wellbeing.
由于美国推翻自由标准，彻底调转了方向，它现在开始和所谓的“北京共识”眉来眼去了。这种观念将经济发展视为一个国家的最高目标，规定各国应该使用适合本国局势稳定的方法来积极引导经济增长。在这种世界观里，重要的不是国家政治体制的性质，而是一个国家能在多大程度上提高人民的生活水平。在外交层面上，北京共识意味着应该由国家利益，而非普世规范，来引导协作。