对于那些以负面眼光看待中国崛起的人来说，这个国家简直是日益骄横：首先在对日东海主权争议上转趋强硬；随后又在南海诸岛主权问题上与诸多邻国对峙；还在美国国防部长访华期间展示自行研制的隐形战机；其第一艘航母正在进行海试，并可能借此在印度洋地区建立海军基地。
To those who view China’s rise in a negative light, the country is simply becoming ever more arrogant. It is getting tough in its territorial disputes with Japan in the East China Sea; it is becoming assertive in the South China Sea with its neighbors, also over disputed islands; it put its own stealth fighter on display during the US defense secretary’s visit to China; it is sending its first aircraft carrier out to sea for trials, indicating the possibility of establishing naval bases in the Indian Ocean.