To be fair to The China That Can Say No, it should be said from the beginning that it does not claim to be an academic work by experts in international relations, but rather a reflection of popular sentiment in mainland China after the Cold War.
平心論《說不》，首先需要說明的是，她並沒有自詡為國際關係學者的學術論文，而僅是藉此反映冷戰後中國大陸的一般情緒。