矛盾之处在于，尽管对中国日益自信的担忧让美国重新回到亚洲地缘政治的中心并强化其在亚太地区的安全安排，但并没有带来旨在遏制中国扩张政策的行动。
The paradox is that while anxiety over China’s growing assertiveness has returned the US to the center of Asian geopolitics and enabled it to strengthen its security arrangements in the region, this has not led to action aimed at quelling China’s expansionary policies.