Likewise, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, may emphasize the specificity of “Russian civilization” in a manner evocative of nineteenth-century anti-Western thinkers; but many in the Russian elite still consider the European Union, despite its many weaknesses, the most civilized model of governance that exists. When Chinese seek a benchmark model for social protection, they go on study trips to Scandinavia.
类似地，俄罗斯总统普京强调“俄罗斯文明”特征的语调很可能唤起人们对十九世纪反西方思想家的回忆；但俄罗斯国内的很多精英仍将欧盟（尽管它有各种各样的弱点）视为现存最文明的治理模式。当中国人寻找社会保护的基准模式时，他们会去斯堪的纳维亚取经。