即将卸任的中国国家主席胡锦涛在近十年前提出中国处于“马六甲困境 ” ， 这个位于马来半岛和印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛之间的海峡连接着印度洋和太平洋，是一个重大战略威胁。
Almost a decade ago, outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao identified the country’s “Malacca Dilemma,” referring to the channel between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra that connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as a grave strategic threat.