我們看到中國貿易不當作為造成的驚人數字，他們讓美國人民失業，對包括南加州在內的美國的經濟帶來沉重打擊。我們也看到中國軍力不斷擴張，而且更具威脅性。
I’ll echo the questions ringing in the hearts and minds of Americans from here in California to my home state of Kansas and beyond: What do the American people have to show now 50 years on from engagement with China? Did the theories of our leaders that proposed a Chinese evolution towards freedom and democracy prove to be true? Is this China’s definition of a win-win situation? And indeed, centrally, from the Secretary of State’s perspective, is America safer? Do we have a greater likelihood of peace for ourselves and peace for the generations which will follow us?
我今天要提出來的問題，從加州到我的家鄉堪薩斯州，包括其他所有地方的美國人心裡都在問：當美國人民跟中國交往了50年之後，我們得到了什麼？我們的領導人當年認為中國會走向民主和自由，但這個想法實現了嗎？這是中國所謂的雙贏嗎？從一個國務卿的觀點來看，最重要的問題是：美國更安全了嗎？我們與之後的世世代代，是否更能實現和平？
Look, we have to admit a hard truth. We must admit a hard truth that should guide us in the years and decades to come, that if we want to have a free 21st century, and not the Chinese century of which Xi Jinping dreams, the old paradigm of blind engagement with China simply won’t get it done. We must not continue it and we must not return to it. As President Trump has made very clear, we need a strategy that protects the American economy, and indeed our way of life. The free world must triumph over this new tyranny.
