[Fairbank then moved on to discuss how a change could occur from within China:] You would expect that there would be splits in the Chinese military and some kind of civil-military leadership would emerge and there could be some new policies.
我相信鄧小平自己也瞭解這一點：天安門開火射殺學生，這個代價太大了，恐怕是他到死都不能彌補的。現在世界又發生了整體性的變化，中國不管在戰略地位或市場經濟的價值上，重要性都大大不如以前了。