但如果中国要实现其巨大的软实力潜力，就必须反思其国内外政策，克制其对邻国的主张，学会接受批评以充分释放其公民社会的才能。
But if the country is to realize its enormous soft-power potential, it will have to rethink its policies at home and abroad, limiting its claims upon its neighbors and learning to accept criticism in order to unleash the full talents of its civil society.