But China’s recent shift away from muscle-flexing, and its confluence of interests with a US-led order, offers hope that it will not fuel large-scale regional instability this year. Indeed, China withdrew its jumbo oil platform from the waters of the disputed Paracel Islands last July, and it has been sending surveillance ships to the Senkaku Islands less frequently.
但中国最近不在耀武扬威并且与美国领导的秩序协调利益让人感到它不会在明年继续掀起大规模地区动荡。事实上，7月份中国从争议的西沙群岛到撤回了巨型钻井平台，向钓鱼岛派遣海监船的频率也降低了。中国官员也更加愿意讨论建立南海行为规范的问题。