Both views of China were on display as Wen Jiabao, the premier, spoke to the FT in an interview this week – but the latter reveals more about Beijing's current mindset. The west may be looking to China as a source of growth, but Beijing is feeling defensive: concerned above all else to ensure that a sharp slump in growth does not trigger regime-threatening unrest. All Chinese policies can almost always be traced back to this primal fear.
中國總理溫家寶本周接受英國《金融時報》專訪時，上述兩種對于中國的看法均有所體現——但后一種看法更能反映中國政府目前的心態。西方也許視中國為增長源泉，但北京方面傾向于保持守勢：其壓倒一切的首要關注是，確保經濟增長的大幅下滑不致引發威及政權的動蕩局面。中國的所有政策，幾乎都能追溯到這種“原始恐懼”。
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