China and Russia tend to relate to their respective pasts and futures in very different ways – with self-confidence in China’s case, with self-diffidence in the case of Russia. Chinese elites are convinced that time is working in their favor, and that it is only natural that China should regain its rank amongst the world leading powers, perhaps even emerging on top one day.
中国和俄罗斯往往会以截然不同的态度谈及他们的历史和未来¾中国人充满自信，而俄罗斯人却提心吊胆。中国的精英们非常肯定国家会日渐强大，中国恢复从前世界大国的地位是再自然不过的事情，甚至有一天，中国会再次坐上头把交椅。