In fact, Chinese leaders have spent remarkably little, relative to China’s growing GDP, on the military. Chinese power today comes not from its ability to match America’s blue-water navy, but from its holdings in US Treasury bonds.
不过与俄国不同的是，中国弱化了对传统硬实力与实现其目标之间相关性的强调。事实上，相对于中国快速增长的GDP而言，该国领导人在军事方面的投入非常之少。今日中国之力量，并非来自于可与美国蓝水海军比肩的军力，而是源自该国所持有的美国国债。