By contrast, seen from afar, in their new suits, you might think that Chinese economic elites are Japanese. Where Russia represents a return to the past, one sees in China an opening, however ambiguous, to the future.
与此形成鲜明对照的是，当中国的经济精英们西服革履地出现在你面前时，远远望去你会把他们当作日本公民。俄罗斯所代表的是回归过去，而人们在中国看到的却是虽不确定但却面向未来的开端。