China: ‘I Don’t Buy For One Minute’ That They’re Trying To Take Over The World | Vince Cable

文斯·凯布尔：中国根本无意称霸全球

“At the moment, they’re just sitting back watching the Western world destroy itself.”

Although many accuse China of trying to take over the world, this seems unlikely. Instead, they are merely observing the West become “paralysed” by their inability to cooperate, says former Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable.

Sir Vince Cable was speaking to Ed Vaizey in for Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 10am-1pm.

“眼下中国只是静观其变，看着西方世界自我消耗、走向衰败。”

前英国自由民诸党领袖文斯·凯布尔爵士表示，尽管不少人指责中国妄图掌控全世界，但这种说法并不成立。恰恰相反，中国只是冷眼旁观西方因各方难以协作而陷入发展停滞。

文斯·凯布尔爵士做客《泰晤士报》电台节目，接受埃德·瓦伊泽（代主持人雨果·里夫金德）访谈。

以下是各国网友的评论：

arkadeyellow2931
I don't buy it either. China seems to just want economic stability in the world so they can continue go about improving the lives of their citizens through manufacturing.

我也不认同这种说法。中国只是希望全球经济保持稳定，这样才能依靠制造业持续改善本国百姓的生活。

 

yvonnechen4173
I agree. We call our nation the center/middle nation, kind of self centered. For thousands of years, the ultimate goal, or the mandate from heaven, has always been “prosper nation, safe/secure people”.

我同意。我们国家名为中国，字面意思是中央之国，听着好像以自我为中心。数千年来，我们追求的终极目标，也就是天命，一直都是富民安邦。

 

nicholaskazan275
Britain spearheaded China's Century of Humiliation. A Great Shame. There are not enough words to describe the evil that Britain treated China.

英国是开启中国百年屈辱史的始作俑者，这段历史是莫大的国耻。英国当年对中国犯下的种种恶行，罄竹难书。

 

shinobi2119
And Britain never apologized for it.

而且英国从未为此做出过任何道歉。

 

kamsingchoo4332
And, Britain's colonisation wayback across the world by violence/ brutality/ cruelty brought about indescribable sufferings and deaths !

除此之外，当年英国靠着暴力与残忍手段在全球各地殖民，给无数人带来难以言说的苦难，造成大量伤亡。

PahatRout
@kamsingchoo4332 Just by a couple of modern ships then. Today, she could hardly remain even as a middle naval power. What a change!

 当年仅凭几艘先进舰船就横行天下，如今英国海军连中等海上强国都快算不上了，世事变迁实在令人感慨。

 

ratxart
First Russia then china next north Korea and iran,. Damn America choosing enemy like choosing who's next to be bullied!

先是针对俄罗斯，接着盯上中国，之后又把朝鲜、伊朗视作对手。美国挑选敌对国家，简直就像挨个挑人欺负一样。

 

chngcheehwee5433
Venezuela panama Greenland.

还有委内瑞拉、巴拿马、格陵兰岛。

 

ImaGod-z8f
Why would China impoverish the world, when they depend on export revenue to keep their economy and nation growing? It doesn't make sense.
Is it not the aim of every responsible government to raise the living standards of the nation's people?
I find critics of China interesting. They point out all the "bad stuff" (usually accurately) but fail to suggest how would they govern a country of 1.4 billion, kee it from falling apart, and lifting people out of poverty.

中国经济发展高度依赖出口收入，怎么可能去搞垮全球经济、让各国变穷？这根本说不通。

任何一个负责任的政府，核心目标不都是提升本国国民生活水平吗？

那些批评中国的人想法很奇怪。他们总能列出一堆所谓负面问题，说得看似有理，却拿不出任何可行方案，不知道如何治理一个十四亿人口的大国，既维持国家稳定，又带领民众摆脱贫困。

 

khanhchan5234
you can't understand China if you are not Chinese, They are good learner they turn everything uniq Chinese, Buddhism enter China become Zen, become Socialism with Chinese characteristics .If you say China wants take over the world, that is a joke right?you give them they would not have it. 1.4 billion people enough trouble for the government, Chinese people complain then next minute they accept, they always think Country first then family and the last is individual, is any country thinking like that ?

不是中国人，很难真正读懂中国。中国人擅长学习外来事物，还能将其本土化、形成独有的特色。佛教传入中国后发展出禅宗

要说中国想要称霸世界，简直是无稽之谈。就算把世界拱手相让，中国也不会接手。十四亿人口的治理工作，就已经够政府费心操劳了。

中国人偶尔会发牢骚，但转头就能理性包容。国人普遍秉持家国为先、个人在后的观念，还有哪个国家的民众会有这样的思维？

 

donkeychan491
"Paranoia" is just a euphemism for xenophobia but of course liberals can never admit to themselves that they're bigoted xenophobes.

所谓“过度猜忌”，不过是排外情绪的委婉说法。可那些自由主义者，永远不肯承认自己抱有狭隘的排外偏见。

 

joesky011
Interesting insight from Vince Gable...spoken very straight-forwardly. And while I agree with his comment that countries like India, Brazil & Indonesia should be on the UN Security Council - at some stage - the idea of them having veto power would simply add to the almost total ineffectiveness of the UN because of the veto power. Get rid of that anachronistic privilege once & for all!

文斯·盖布尔的观点十分独到，话说得也直白。我认同他的看法，印度、巴西、印尼这类国家未来理应进入联合国安理会。

但如果让这些国家也拥有一票否决权，只会让安理会原本就低效的运作雪上加霜。这种过时的特权，应当彻底废除。

 

peterjol
The Chinese sure aren't doing anything to suggest they have ANY desire to 'take over' the world...but I have been spending a lot of time learning about China ..and I am incredibly impressed with their system and with their leadership...any ideas that they mistreat their people is absolute nonsense and just western media lies and propaganda, I have never seen a government work so hard to improve the lives of all their people. I almost wish they WOULD take over the UK, I am so disappointed with the leadership and the system we have here. I haven't seen anything improve since around the 1970's, I don't even 'expect' to see anything improve...it's just a constant gradual decline for us with our system and leadership.

中国的种种行动，完全看不出有丝毫称霸全球的野心。我花了很长时间研究中国，对它的制度与领导层由衷敬佩。

所谓中国苛待民众的说法全是假话，只是西方媒体刻意编造的宣传话术。我从没见过哪个政府如此尽心尽力，改善全体国民的生活。

我甚至都盼着中国能接管英国。我对本国的体制和领导层失望透顶。从上世纪七十年代至今，国内看不到任何向好的变化，我也不再抱有期待。在现行体制与执政团队的管理下，我们国家只会持续走下坡路。

 

xrejake1608
People who have been to China and those who haven’t hold completely different worldviews. Any open-minded person, once they visit China, will undergo a 180-degree shift in their attitude toward the country. It’s truly hard to put into words.

去过中国和没去过中国的人，看待世界的观点天差地别。只要是思想包容的人，亲身到访中国后，对这个国家的看法都会彻底改观，这种感受难以用言语形容。

 

HeatherHodgson-u3i
I am so impressed with both China’s government and people. I’m visiting this fall just to see what good government and engaged citizens can accomplish. I’m expecting an alternate universe.
I’m from Canada and it’s nice here but we just never seem to get anything done

中国和人民都让我十分敬佩。今年秋天我打算去中国，亲眼看看高效的治理和积极的民众能创造出怎样的成果，我十分期待见识一番全新的景象。我来自加拿大，本国环境虽不错，但各类事务永远推进不下去。

 

Faan-v5b
Watching Fox News from America, it's a daily consistent message that China is going to take over the World.

我看美国福克斯新闻，每天都在重复同一个论调：中国将要称霸全世界。

 

OHM-786-one
The US has convinced Europe that China is an enemy, only because it needs to keep feeding its military industrial complex!! If there was no China, they would contrive another enemy. But for the US, there always HAS to be an enemy!

美国刻意给欧洲灌输“中国是对手”的观念，只为养活本国庞大的军工产业。就算没有中国，美国也会捏造新的敌对国家。对美国而言，必须时刻树立一个假想敌。

 

vision9275
Well, just accept that we are living in the Chinese century, both now and in the decades to come.
That brings such peace of mind to the entire West.

我们只能坦然接受，当下以及未来数十年，都将是属于中国的时代。

认清这一点，西方各国反倒能放平心态。

 

SreyOun-xf8kn
For China “business is business”
For America “business is Wars”
For the EU countries “business is all about being a loyal lapdog of America” but even these lapdogs are being trashed

中国的准则：生意归生意。

美国的逻辑：生意等同于战争。

欧盟各国：做生意的前提，是乖乖当美国的跟班，可就算一味顺从，依旧会遭到美国打压。

 

rainydays999
That was just more US propaganda. We are onto the American disinformation and just don't abide any longer

那些说辞不过又是美国的宣传手段。我们已经看透美国散布的虚假信息，再也不会轻易听信。

 

etergreen5337
FINALLY a former politician presenting an EVIDENCE based and coherent analysis of current problems.

终于有一位前政界人士，结合客观事实，条理清晰地剖析当下各类国际问题。

 

iewBrian-o5j
The US is fighting desperately to keep from losing while China is simply wng without even fighting.

美国拼尽全力四处周旋，只为保住自身优势；中国无需挑起纷争，稳步向前、顺势崛起。

 

MrEL28
The West, as John Meersheimer said, thinks if China becomes strong, it will behave exactly like them in invading and colonizing as the West did in the past 200 years. Yet Chinese history and culture has never shown any of this.

正如约翰·米尔斯海默所说，西方各国始终抱有一种固有思维：一旦中国强大，就会效仿过去两百年间西方的所作所为，四处侵略、殖民他国。但中国的历史与文化，从来没有这类扩张属性。

kasikwagoma6740
@MrEL28......china has seen the bitterness that resulted from colonialism. The formerly colonised use every word uttered by the west as imperialist. Even if the utterances are valid many see it as the west wanting to recolonise. I know this because I am an African woman. The bitterness the west left behind us still there even for those of us who were born long after independence. The cause of that anger is LAND..... It means everything to a black African. It is where we bury ourselves, where we grow our food, build our homes and graze our animals. You can take a piece of gold from an African, but seizing our land will cause rebellion and insurrection. China knows all of this and want nothing to do with colonising anybody.

中国亲身见证过殖民统治带来的无尽苦难。所有曾遭受殖民的国家，都会带着帝国主义滤镜看待西方的每一句话。哪怕西方的观点有理有据，当地人也会认为对方想重新掌控自己。

我是非洲女性，对此深有体会。即便我们出生在国家独立多年之后，西方殖民留下的伤痛依旧刻在骨子里。

一切矛盾的根源，是土地。土地对非洲黑人而言代表一切，是安葬逝者、耕种粮食、建造房屋、放牧牲畜的根基。你可以夺走非洲人的黄金，但只要抢占土地，必定会激起反抗与暴动。

中国深知这一切，从来没有殖民任何国家的想法。

 

khanhchan5234
wind farm' it is national security risk, I believe it, you put your invest into the wind farm then Chinese turn off the wind, wind farm becomes useless

有人说风力发电场存在国家安全隐患，我居然还信了。传言只要本国投资中国风电项目，中方就能操控风力，让发电设施彻底瘫痪。

 

peternguyen9386
The USA has been trying to take over the world since using the nukes on Japan. Luckily it was given to Russia and China when the people behind the bomb realized their mistakes giving to the USA. India is a slave colony. Vietnam is the next baby China. China is the next China. The west ponzi scheme is dead and the imperialism is over. World peace is near if USA fall gracefully

美国自从向日本投放原子弹后，就一心想要掌控全球。当年研发核武器的人意识到错误，还好把相关技术分享给了俄罗斯与中国，才没让美国独霸核力量。

印度如同被束缚的殖民地，越南正逐步亲近中国，中国始终坚守自身发展道路。西方的庞氏骗局已经破灭，帝国主义时代走向终结。如果美国能体面衰落，世界和平就近在眼前。

 

recyclebig
One thing important is that China is less war mongering than us uk eu or any western country.

有一点不容忽视：对比英国、欧盟以及所有西方国家，中国从不主动挑起战争。

 

lktan224
Why is it ok for US to take over Venezuela and Cuba ?

为什么美国插手委内瑞拉、古巴事务，就被视作理所当然？

 

SpaceWalker2013
When China found a piece of empty land, it thinks ‘“ what should I grow on it?” When the West found a piece of empty land, they firstly kill all the local people and then take away all the valuable resources . China has a grower and builder philosophy. The West has the pirate philosophy. In the longterm, the builder will be rewarded, naturally.
US has such a huge land mass, rich in all sorts of resources, yet they still sent their navy to Middle East, to an island about 100 miles off China, but 6500 miles off US???!!! and all over the world. Until the West political leaders and class changes their mindset, the West decline is inevitable….. To get rich and be powerful by robbing others, that kind of time has long gone!

中国人发现一片荒地，第一反应是思考该种植什么作物。西方人发现无主土地，先杀光当地原住民，再掠夺全部珍贵资源。

中国秉持建设发展的思维，西方却是海盗掠夺思维。长远来看，踏实建设的一方，自然会收获回报。

美国本土疆域辽阔，各类资源储量充足，却依旧派遣海军驻扎中东，还跑到距离中国仅一百英里、离本国六千五百英里的岛屿，全球各处都有美军身影。

西方政界高层不转变固有思维，衰落就无法避免。靠掠夺他国发家、壮大自身的时代，早就一去不复返了。

 

kong918
The American War Industrial Complex always needs enemies to keep making billionaires richer.
China is the final boss.

美国军工复合体永远需要树立假想敌，以此持续赚取巨额财富，滋养一众富豪。而如今，中国成了他们最大的目标。

 

donkeykong516
Why would anyone want to control the world, it’s like wanting to be manager but have no benefits

谁会想要掌控全世界？这就好比费力当上管理者，却捞不到半点好处。

 

HanTang-n7e
The west projected what they did to the world.

西方只是把自己过往的掠夺行径，强行套在中国身上。

 

martinleung212
The UK can develop their own wind farms themselves, without involving China. But the trouble is the start up may not happen for ages, and even if the project gets started, it can also get interrupted like the HS2. Not promising looking at the track records.

英国完全可以抛开中国，自主建设风力发电场。可难点在于，项目立项遥遥无期；就算顺利开工，也会像英国高铁二号线一样中途搁置。从过往工程案例来看，前景并不乐观。

 

tengchuankhoo6585
British anti China is no paranoia but a debt slave of the US

英国处处针对中国，并非单纯猜忌，而是沦为了依附美国的附庸。

 

richardwong2950
The weak speak on the world stage, pretending to be strong. The strong work quietly to advance themselves further.

弱小之国在国际舞台高调发声，故作强硬；真正强大的国家默默耕耘，稳步提升自身实力。

 

jasonsanders8091
How many countries has China invaded or bombed? 1? 2?
And the US? It's in the 100s!!!

中国出兵入侵、轰炸过几个国家？一个？两个？

再看美国，遭其动武的国家多达上百个。

 

chngcheehwee5433
Robbers are crying foul.... that...it's harder to rob others

一群强盗反倒叫苦连天，抱怨如今掠夺他国不再容易。

 

syedmaricar9946
Dominance of disasters ,we are living through it

如今我们正身处由霸权带来的各类灾难之中。