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Is China a Power? (1)
在牛津學聯的演講；牛津，2009年4月29日
科里．迪克森主席，學聯的各位幹事和成員，女士們、先生們：
感謝你們邀請我發表演講。
多年前，我在肯特大學學習國際政治的時候，曾經參加了在牛津舉辦的學生辯論會。記得當時我們提了許多讓演講者為難的問題，現在輪到我來接受「烘烤」了，但我覺得自己有責任回來，為延續牛津良好的辯論傳統出一分力。
我今天演講的題目是：中國是強國嗎？
2008年北京奧運會燦爛的煙火，被視為慶祝中國成為世界大國的禮花。英國皇家國際事務研究所、威爾頓莊園、《金融時報》和《經濟學人》，還有不少美國刊物，都在談論中國成為強國的問題。國際社會正在形成「中國已經成為世界強國」的共識。因此，外界對中國的一舉一動都高度關注，並且對中國的言行品頭論足。
President Corey Dixon, Union Officers and Members, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak here.
When I was a student of International Politics in Kent University many years ago, I took part in an Oxford Union students' debate. I remember we gave the speaker a very hard time. Now although it's my turn to be on the grill, I do feel duty-bound to come back to contribute to the good tradition of debating here in Oxford.
My topic is: "Is China a power?"
The splendid fireworks at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 are seen as marking China's ascendance into world power status. Chatham House, Wilton Park, the Financial Times and The Economist, together with many American publications, are all talking about China as a power. An international consensus is emerging that China is a world power. There is therefore a lot of scrutiny about what China says and what China does.
1 grill noun 烤架
2 splendid adjective 輝煌的、燦爛的、壯麗的
3 scrutiny noun 審視、詳細審查
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