Encirclement by a foreign power that threatens to encroach on what it considers to be its inalienable sovereign rights is bound to drive it to become a revolutionary power bent on upending the status quo. Before China and the US overstep each other’s boundaries, they should abandon the concepts of “primacy” and “containment” in favor of a concert of Asian powers capable of resolving their differences.
中国的崛起是充满恐惧和不确定性的。在威胁侵犯其自认不可剥夺的主权的外国势力重重包围下，必将驱使它成为颠覆现状的革命性力量。在中国和美国超越彼此的边界之前，它们应该放弃“至高无上”和“遏制”的概念，以支持亚洲各国形成和谐解决分歧的能力。