而虽然中国在维护区域稳定方面的重要性无可置疑，但其之所以不愿在阿富汗承担更重要角色，就是因为其内部从一开始就对美国的这场战争有不同的看法。
One reason why China is wary of assuming a bigger role in Afghanistan, despite the country’s undoubted importance for regional stability, is that America’s war there has been controversial in China from the outset.