SEOUL – By the time China overtakes the United States as the world’s largest economy sometime in the next few years, it will have cemented its status as a major military power – one whose drive to assert itself strategically already is inspiring serious anxiety among its neighbors. But the truth is that China is a solitary, vulnerable rising power – one that faces potentially crippling domestic challenges.
发自首尔——在数年后中国超过美国成为世界最大经济体之时，它也已经巩固了自身作为主要军事强国的地位——而其在战略上维护自身利益的举动已经在临近各国引发了强烈忧虑。但事实上中国的大国崛起是一个封闭而脆弱的——还面临着潜在的破坏性国内挑战。