For the last two decades, Chinese leaders have been diligently trying to build a new edifice in order to gain some of that missing respect. This made a successful Olympic Games, when all the world would be watching, an urgent matter.
在过去二十年里，中国领导人一直努力建造一个新的门面来赢得丢失的尊重。这也就让成功举办全球瞩目的奥运会成为当务之急。