Many Asians still remember Japanese efforts before and during World War II to create a “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” – a self-sufficient bloc of countries, under Japan’s leadership – through conquest. Might China be on a similar – albeit less openly aggressive – path?
许多亚洲人仍记得日本在二战前和二战期间试图通过征服建立“大东亚共荣圈”，即日本统治下的自给自足的国家圈。也许中国也有类似的想法——只不过没有那么公然罢了？