More than five years ago, China’s President Hu Jintao proclaimed that, “the trend toward a multipolar world is irreversible and dominant.” When Vladimir Putin complained during a conference in Munich last year that US unilateralism stoked conflict around the world, an offended Senator John McCain responded that confrontation was unnecessary in “today’s multipolar world.”
五年多前，中国国家主席胡锦涛宣称，“世界多极化的趋势是不可逆转的，并已取得支配地位。”当弗拉基米尔·普京去年在慕尼黑的一次会议上抱怨说，美国的单边主义在世界各地挑起冲突时，生气的参议员约翰·麦凯恩回答说， 在“当今多极世界 ”中，对抗是不必要的。