中国政府一向对外交礼节斤斤计较，因此，人们难以想象，中国政府并无刻意安排，从而显示出美国相对于持有一万四千亿美元国债的国家衰落这一鲜明形象。
It is hard to imagine that China’s government, which obsesses over every minute issue of diplomatic protocol, had not orchestrated this stark image of America’s decline relative to the country to which it owes $1.4 trillion.