But the most epochal events of the last week took place in two of Asia’s great democracies: India and Japan. Narendra Modi’s landslide victory in India’s general election was not only a huge personal triumph for the son of a tea seller, but may well mark a decisive break with India’s traditional inward-looking policies.
但上周最具划时代意义的事件发生在亚洲的两个民主大国：印度和日本。纳兰德拉·莫迪在印度大选中获得压倒性胜利，这不仅是这位茶商之子个人的辉煌胜利，也标志着印度传统内向政策的决定性突破。莫迪决心改革印度经济，让印度走向世界强国前列。