Nowadays China and “assertiveness” have become practically synonymous. The portrayal of the Middle Kingdom in the western press is uniformly unflattering. It is maintaining an undervalued currency to gain unfair trade advantages; it is bullying its neighbours in territorial disputes; it is doing nothing to rein in the dangerous North Korean regime and, despite its escalating aggression (including the latest artillery attacks on South Korea), continues to pump aid into Pyongyang.
如今,中國與“自信”幾乎成了同義詞。一提到“中央王國”,西方媒體就都沒有一句好話。中國仍堅(jiān)持低估人民幣,以獲取不公平的貿(mào)易優(yōu)勢;在領(lǐng)土糾紛問題上恫嚇鄰國;完全不采取任何舉措,以鉗制危險(xiǎn)的朝鮮政權(quán),而且盡管朝鮮的挑釁行為逐漸升級(jí)(包括此次炮擊韓國),中國仍繼續(xù)向其提供大量援助。