PARIS – At the very moment China was getting a “gold medal” in diplomacy for the success of the opening ceremony in Beijing, Russia earned a “red card” for the extreme and disproportionate violence of its military intervention in Georgia. Whereas China intends to seduce and impress the world by the number of its Olympic medals, Russia wants to impress the world by demonstrating its military superiority.
巴黎-正当中国在北京奥运会开幕式上大获成功、赢得外交“金牌”之时，俄国却因为武力干涉格鲁吉亚施暴极端和没有尺度而得了“红牌”。正当中国打算通过其奥运会奖牌数目来诱惑世界并给它留下印象的时候，俄国却想要通过展示其军事优势来这样做。中国的软实力和俄国的硬实力构成对比。两国的选择反应出各自不同水平的自信。