有关中国力量的5个常见错误观念

China’s transformation from an isolated developing country into an economic juggernaut and emerging global actor is perhaps the most important power shift for twenty-first-century international politics. Its economy is now second largest in the world while its military budget has ballooned from $20 billion in 1989 to $215 billion in 2015—an amount larger than the military budgets of Russia Germany and the United Kingdom combined.

中国从一个孤立的发展中国家到经济巨头和新兴的全球参与者的转型，也许是二十一世纪国际政治最重要的权力转移。中国经济现在是全球第二大实体，而其国防预算从1989年的200亿美元飙升至2015年的2150亿美元，这一数字超过了俄罗斯、德国和英国的军费预算的总和。 以下即世界对中国的误解：

Myth #1: China is a global military superpower.

神话1：中国是全球军事超级大国。

Myth #2: China's holdings of over $1 trillion in U.S. debt give it leverage over America.

神话2：中国持有超过1万亿美元的美国国债，使得它可以对美国政策产生影响。

Myth #3: China’s leaders are not taking steps to reduce carbon emissions.

神话3：中国领导人不采取措施减少碳排放。

Myth #4: China’s currency policies give it an unfair trade advantage that undercuts the United States.

神话4：中国的货币政策给它一个不公平的贸易优势以削弱美国。

Myth #5: China doesn’t participate in global governance.

神话5：中国不参与全球治理。