Another development is the increasing tendency of military generals to speak out of turn on strategic issues and undercut diplomatic strategy. The simple truth is that the foreign ministry is the Chinese government’s weakest branch, often overruled or simply ignored by the security establishment, which is ever ready to upstage even the Party.&nbsp;
另一个趋势是越来越多的军队将领宣称要转变战略思维，弱化外交战略。简单的事实是，外交部是中国政府中最弱势的部门，经常被安全部门否定或忽略，安全部门甚至做好了与中共抢镜的准备。