America’s interests are now so closely intertwined with China that a policy to isolate or confront it is not feasible. Even on the issue of democracy, the US prefers to lecture other dictatorships rather than the world’s largest autocracy.
因此，中国与美国从前的对手大不相同。如今，美国利益与中国紧密相连，孤立和对抗中国的政策根本不具有可行性。即使是在民主问题上，美国也更喜欢对其他独裁者指手画脚，而对世界最大专制政府视而不见。