因此，遏制中国首先需要致力于限制中国的海军活动 — — 如采取保护重要航道、构建海域改制（maritime domain awareness）等等 — — 其次要采取地缘-经济措施防止中国裹挟利用小国。
Containing China will therefore require, first, efforts to restrict the country’s maritime activities – such as measures to safeguard vital sea lines and build maritime domain awareness – and, second, geo-economic initiatives to counter China’s coercive leverage over smaller countries.