美國過去的政府持續更迭，大家都知道有這些問題，但沒有一個政府願意打破華府利益，不僅容許這些問題，甚至從中獲利。面對中國的經濟侵略與侵犯人權，美國政壇不僅保持緘默，甚至助長這些問題。隨著一年一年過去，美國核心地帶的工廠一家一家關閉，北京的摩天大樓則是一棟一棟興建起來，美國的勞工越來越感到氣餒，中國則是膽子愈來愈大。
Past administrations have come and gone, and all were aware of these abuses. None were willing to upset the established Washington interests who not only permitted these abuses, but often profited from them. The political establishment was not only silent in the face of China’s economic aggression and human rights abuses, but they often enabled them. As each year passed, as each factory closed in the heartland of America, as each new skyscraper went up in Beijing, American workers grew only more disheartened, and China grew only more emboldened.
在不到20年的時間裡，就像川普總統所言，我們見到世界史上規模最大的財富轉移。在過去17年，中國的國內生產毛額成長了9倍以上，成為全球第二大經濟體。這個成長有很大部分是靠著美國在中國的投資所帶動。
In less than two short decades, we’ve seen, as President Trump has said, “the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of the world.” Over the past 17 years, China’s GDP has grown more than nine-fold; it has become the second-largest economy in the world. Much of this success was driven by American investment in China.
