China’s renewed self-confidence is based on its remarkable economic prowess, which is derived not from natural resources, but from productivity and creativity. Whatever the huge political, social, and economic tensions may exist, there is a “feel good” factor in China, a sense of progress, with the 2008 Olympics in Beijing figuring as the symbolic moment that will proclaim to the world the scale of the country’s achievements.
中国重新树立起来的自信建立在其突出的经济实力基础之上。其经济实力并非来自自然资源，而是来源于生产效率和创造力。无论有多大的政治、社会以及经济上的紧张局势，人们还是有对中国“感觉良好”的因素。人们觉得中国取得了进步，2008年的北京奥运会成为一个标志时刻，向全世界表明中国的成就。