习近平已经抛弃了中国前核心领导人邓小平最著名的一句箴言 ： “ 韬光养晦，争取时间 ” ， 相反他选择采取一种毫不掩饰的激进战略，许多人都在质疑中国是否正在成长为一股新帝国主义势力。
Xi has discarded one of former Chinese strongman Deng Xiaoping’s most famous dicta: “Hide your strength, bide your time.” Instead, Xi has chosen to pursue an unabashedly aggressive strategy that has many asking whether China is emerging as a new kind of imperialist power.