“Hide your brightness, bide your time,” he counseled. As someone who believes that China’s rise should be good for the world, I hope that Deng’s wise advice will be heeded by those Chinese officials who seem to think that this is a good moment to start stamping their feet.
中国经济起飞的总设计师邓小平曾经告诫他的同志们，在跟其它国家打交道的时候要采取暗中行事的策略。他说了这四个字：“韬光养晦”。而我作为一个觉得中国崛起将对世界有利的人，则希望那些以为目前正是时候大展拳脚的中国官员们，能听一下邓小平的箴言。