Yet China may be able to pre-empt such an outcome by making the option of a brutal crackdown prohibitively high to the Burmese regime. It should privately threaten to cut off all aid and trade links, and to end its protection of the regime within the United Nations from any additional international sanctions.
然而中国也许可以通过让选择血腥镇压将让缅甸政权付出高得令人望而生畏的代价来预先制止这样一种结果。它应该私下里威胁切断所有的援助和贸易联系，以及停止在联合国内保护其政权免受任何额外的国际制裁。