原因在于中国人口众多，政府 — — 特别是在目前的变革过程中 — — 面对来自强大的内部压力，这确保了中国无暇施行强权外交，美国的霸主地位进而尚可留存，除非它自愿放弃。
Insofar as this is true, the United States won’t be replaced as the dominant power unless and until it abdicates that role. This may sound simple, but it will have far-reaching consequences for the coming century’s international order.