The world's rapid economic growth in 2004 shows that the efforts to shore up our defenses since the 1990's has paid off. But growth has been unbalanced: Europe and Japan - despite some recent gains - are far from reaching their potential, and the United States and China have continued largely to drive the world economy.
2004年世界性的快速经济增长表明，从上世纪90年代以来所做的建立防御机制的努力是卓有成效的。但是增长并不平衡：欧洲和日本--虽然最近略有回升--还远远没有发挥他们的潜力，而美国和中国仍然是世界经济的主要推动力。