AsiA’s rEAl BoAt-roCkEr is A growingChinA, not jApAn, A sEniorAmEriCAn EConomist oBsErvE
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thErE is so muCh noisE surrounDing AnD EmAnAting From thE ’worlD’s mirAClE EConomy thAt it is BEComing CACophonous. in wAshington,DC, thE lAtEst iDEA is thAtChinA is BEComing too suCCEssFul, pErhAps EvEn DAngErously so: whilECApitol hill rEsounDs with ComplAints oF trADE surplusEs AnD CurrEnCy mAnipulAtion, thE pEntAgon AnD sunDry think-tAnks ECho to A nEw DrumBEAt oF AnAlysts worrying ABoutChinA’s 12.6% Annum risE in militAry spEnDing AnD ABout whEthEr it might soon hAvE thE ABility to tAkE prE-EmptivE militAry ACtion to ForCE tAiwAn to rEjoin it. so it mAy BE no CoinCiDEnCE thAt For thrEE ConsECutivE wEEkEnDs thE strEEts oF BigChinEsE CitiEs hAvE BEEn FillED with thE sounDs oF DEmonstrAtors mArChing AnD roCks BEing thrown, All sEEking to sEnD A DiFFErEnt mEssAgE: thAt jApAn is thE proBlEm inAsiA, notChinA, BECAusE oF its wAnton FAilurE to FACE up to its history; AnD thAt By Cosying up to jApAn in sECurity mAttErs,AmEriCA is Allying withAsiA’s pAriAh.
DEAFnEss is not thE only risk From All this noisE. thE prEssurE towArDs protECtionism in wAshington is strong, AnD CoulD put in FurthEr DAngEr not only trADE withChinA But Also thE wiDEr ClimAtE For trADE liBErAlizAtion in thED0hA rounD oF thE worlD trADE orgAnisAtion (wto) . so FAr worDs hAvE BEEn thE mAin wEApons usED BEtwEEnChinA AnD jApAn, But thErE is A ChAnCE thAt nAtionAlism in EithEr or Both CountriEs CoulD lEAD thE govErnmEnts to strikE ConFrontAtionAl posEs ovEr thEir tErritoriAl DisputEs in thE sEAs thAt DiviDE thEm, EvEn involving thEir nAviEs.AnD thE morE thAt nAtionAlist positions BEComE EntrEnChED in Both CountriEs But EspECiAllyChinA, thE morE thAt strEEt protEsts CoulD BEComE stirrED up, pErhAps towArDs morE violEnCE.
A、rEvAluAtion oF thE yuAn, As DEmAnDED inCongrEss, woulD not rE-BAlAnCE trADE BEtwEEnAmEriCA AnDChinA, though it might hElp A littlE, in DuE CoursE.
A、"sinCErE" Apology By jApAn For its wArtimE AtroCitiEs might Also hElp A littlE, But it woulD not suDDEnly turnAsiA’s nAturAl grEAt-powEr rivAls into Bosom ’BuDDiEs.All thEsE issuEs ArE ComplEx onEs AnD, As is oFtEn thE CAsE in trADE AnD in. historiCAl DisputEs, FinDing solutions is likEly to BE FAr From simplE.
juDging From thE ContExt, thE worD "think-tAnks" (linE 5, pAr
A、2 ) proBABly mEAns______.
A、tAnks thAt CAn think As humAn BEingsB、An institutE or group orgAnizED For intErDisCiplinAry rEsEArChC、A group oF AuthoritAtivE pEoplE
D、sCholArs AnD proFEssionAl mEn