Of course, America still wants to contain China and prevent it from becoming a major regional and world power. But that remains a long-term strategic goal, not the stuff of presidential campaigns, especially when China seems too weak to pose any immediate threat to the US on any front in the foreseeable future.
当然，美国仍然希望遏制中国，阻止其成长为地区和世界的主要力量。但这不过是个长期战略目标，而不是总统选举应该关注的对象，特别是中国还远未强大到在任何领域对美国构成实质性威胁的时候更是如此。