China’s policy toward Libya, which differs significantly from previous policy, may or may not have been shaped by it; nevertheless, we cannot rule out the possibility of it becoming the mainstream of thinking in Chinese foreign-policy circles in the near future. Indeed, Henry Kissinger once told me that he believes that Chinese traditional thought has a greater chance than any foreign ideology (say, Marxism or liberalism) of becoming the dominant intellectual force behind Chinese foreign policymaking.
虽然中国正在全世界范围内设立孔子学院，但中国传统政治哲学在决策中却并不具有决定性的作用。尽管我们无法判断是否是中国的传统思想对中国此次制定对利比亚的政策起了重大作用；但我们不能排除这些传统思想在可见的未来成为中国外交政策圈的主流思想。有一次，亨利·基辛格对笔者说，他认为中国的传统思想将比任何外来的意识形态（例如马克思主义或者自由主义）都更可能成为中国外交政策制定中的主导思想。