经济成功的中国可以起到稳定作用，为地缘政治贡献建设性力量；而遇到严重经济问题的中国则会适得其反，且作为首个成为全球强国的发展中经济体，它遇到严重经济问题将引致系统性风险。
An economically successful China is more likely to be stable and geopolitically constructive; a China beset by serious economic problems would be far less so, and, as the first-ever developing economy to become a global power, could even become a source of systemic risk.