While China’s achievement is worthy of genuine esteem, its efforts to gain a full measure of international respect and real “great power” status will not succeed until it matches its new economic and military power with a certain essential moral force. That, in turn, requires a society and a leadership that seeks to be exemplary in all ways that make human beings more human, including respect for truthfulness, openness, tolerance, and people’s right to disagree with their government.
尽管中国的成就值得真心的敬重，但是在以某种基本道德力量对应其新的经济和军事实力之前，其赢得完整的国际尊重和确实的“大国”地位的努力尚难以成功。而这反过来又要求社会和领导阶层寻求在所有的方面都具有表率作用，让人更加具有人性，包括尊重诚实、开放、宽容以及人民对政府持有异议的权利。