Having benefited so much from the post-war global order, most Japanese share Abe’s view that China’s efforts to replace it with one more to its liking is both unwise and dangerous for Asia. Indeed, countries that have decided to cooperate with China in creating rival multilateral institutions should ask themselves a simple question: Would a world order designed by China allow for the rise of another power to challenge it in the way the US-led world order allowed for – indeed, encouraged and assisted – China’s three-decade-long boom?
从战后国际秩序中获得了大量好处，这让大部分日本人同意安倍的观点——中国试图用另一套更有利于它的秩序取而代之既不明智，也是对亚洲的威胁。事实上，那些决定于中国合作建立对立多边机构的国家应该扪心自问一个简单的问题：中国所设计的世界秩序允许另一股力量崛起挑战中国，就像三十年前美国领导的世界秩序允许——事实上，是鼓励和协助——中国那样？