Later this year, China’s President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will be succeeded by men chosen by the Communist Party long ago. Avoiding new tension with Taiwan appears to have been a calculated decision by China’s leaders as they begin their own – perhaps not yet fully settled – changing of the guard.
而1月14日的那场大选则是两岸政权各自实施权力交接的第一幕。随后，中国国家主席胡锦涛和总理温家宝将被中国共产党早已选定的接班人所取带。防止对台出现紧张态势看上去似乎是中国领导人早已计算好的决定，特别是他们开始自己的——或者尚未完全尘埃落定的——权力交接之时。