MELBOURNE – The Western Pacific is currently facing a difficult problem – how to accommodate China’s rising aspirations in a region where the United States has held primacy since the Cold War’s end. Is the US determined to maintain dominance in the Asia-Pacific region?
墨尔本——如何在冷战后由美国占据主导地位的西太平洋地区容忍中国越来越高的期望值是该地区目前正面临的难题。美国是决意保持它在亚太地区的主导地位？还是愿意建立多边论坛，让相关国家共同制定规则？如何处理这一问题将决定太平洋地区能否实现持续和平。