To be sure, it has acquired some military capabilities to deter the US from intervening in the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea, and it has improved its security cooperation with Russia and Central Asian countries through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. But such modest gains are more than offset by the security setbacks that China has suffered as a result of its assertiveness in regional territorial disputes.
但是，在安全方面，中国在将其“亚洲人民的亚洲”愿景转变为现实方面的动作就要少得多。诚然，它已经拥有了一定的军事实力震慑美国队台湾海峡或南海的干预，并且通过上海合作组织强化了其与俄罗斯和中亚国家的安全合作。但这些轻微的进展往往被中国因为在地区领土争议中表现得咄咄逼人而带来的安全隐患所抵消。