FLORENCE – The news that China has overtaken Japan as the world’s second largest economy did not come as a surprise. This is the major geo-political outcome of the Great Recession of the early twenty-first century – one that carries both economic hope and political fear.
发自佛罗伦撒——中国超越日本成为世界第二大经济体的消息并不令我吃惊。因为这是21世纪早期大衰退在地缘政治方面所呈现的结果——既让人充满经济腾飞的希望，也伴随着政治上的恐惧。