Internationally, the opposition between East and West has gradually eased thanks to a surge in democratic thinking and the quest for peace, and is being replaced by intense international competition in economics and trade.
國際間東西方對立的態勢，已因民主思潮的激盪與渴望和平的訴求而漸趨緩和，代之而起的是國際經濟貿易的激烈競爭。