To be sure, today’s ongoing global power shifts are primarily linked to Asia’s phenomenal economic rise, the speed and scale of which have no parallel in world history. With the world’s fastest-growing economies, fastest-rising military expenditures, fiercest resource competition, and most serious hot spots, Asia obviously holds the key to the future global order.
诚然，当今世界正在发生的实力转移主要与亚洲令人瞩目的经济崛起相关，亚洲速度是人类历史上所罕见的。亚洲拥有世界增长最快的经济体、膨胀最迅速的军费开支、最激烈的资源竞争。而最重要的热点在于，全球秩序的钥匙显然含在亚洲嘴里。