他们知道，对于中国这样的国家，经济和军事实力的增长有可能让邻国陷入恐慌，促使它们结成制衡联盟，因此，明智的战略必须包括让中国看起来不那么可怕的措施。
They know that, for a country like China, whose growing economic and military power risks scaring its neighbors into forming counter-balancing coalitions, a smart strategy must include efforts to appear less frightening.