Finally, efforts to explain the pivot’s goal – US affirmation that Asia is now at the center of the world economy – have fallen flat from the start. The Chinese believed that the entire purpose was to confront and contain their country’s geopolitical rise.
最后，明确支点目标（美国确认亚洲现在是世界经济中心）的努力从一开始就已经落空。中国人坚信对抗及遏制其地缘政治崛起是美国唯一的目标。联想到口口声声对中国问题表示担忧的美国政策声明，谁又能责怪中国有这样的担忧？