China is currently playing by the international rules but is increasingly signaling that it expects to be treated as first among equals in the region (as the US has long insisted with respect to its position in the Americas). But, as China grows stronger and reclaims what it believes to be its historic position in Asia and the world, how long will it wait to insist on reshaping the international rules?
在基辛格看来，相互矛盾的世界秩序理念在中东和亚洲不断涌现。中国目前仍然遵守国际规则，但却不断告诉世界它希望在亚洲平等国家中拥有首席地位（长期以来美国在美洲就拥有这样的地位）。但随着中国实力不断增长并重新争取其在亚洲和世界本来拥有的历史地位，它还会等多久才提出重塑国际规则的要求？