For China’s rulers, Taiwan was a “renegade province,” and it steadily picked off members of the international community who tried to treat it as anything more than this. But there has also been a recognition of reality – especially economic reality – along the way.
对中国统治者来说，台湾是一个“反叛的省”，任何国际社会的成员只要试图对待台湾高于这一规格，就会成为中国攻讦的目标。但与此同时，中国也承认现实——特别是经济现实。