Is China strong enough to lay down her own rules ？

“Back when I was weak, I had to totally play by your rules. Now I’m strong and have confidence, so why can’t I lay down my own rules." How authoritarian Chinese thinkers are pushing Xi's harder line in Hong Kong and other flash points. https://t.co/3Q3eISsw1i

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) August 3, 2020

“Back when I was weak, I had to totally play by your rules. Now I’m strong and have confidence, so why can’t I lay down my own rules and values and ideas?” Mr. Tian, 37, said in an interview, explaining the prevailing outlook in China

わからなくはない。”欧米”がルールをつくり、追いつかれると”ルール”を変える。
問題は、中国はそんなに強くなったかだよ？

They portray themselves as fortifying China for an era of deepening ideological rivalry. They describe the United States as a dangerous, overreaching shambles, even more so in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. They oppose constitutional fetters on Communist Party control, arguing that Western-inspired ideas of the rule of law are a dangerous mirage that could hobble the party.

法の支配が、中国共産党にとっては脅威であるのは、わかる。しかし、アメリカをばかいいかげんなトランプから守っている大きな要因は法の支配だと思うよ。

More than fear and career rewards have driven this resurgence of authoritarian ideas in China. The global financial crisis of 2007, and the United States’ floundering response to the coronavirus pandemic, have reinforced Chinese views that liberal democracies are decaying, while China has prospered, defying predictions of the collapse of one-party rule.

日本も戦前、前衛のインテリが西洋の民主主義の限界を指摘し、たしか、全体主義に突っ走ったわけだが。

“China is actually also following a path that the United States took, seizing opportunities, developing outward, creating a new world,” Mr. Tian said. “There is even a fervent hope that we’ll overtake the West in another 30 years.”

ミアシャイマーが言ってたように、中国はアメリカがたどった道をたどり、アメリカと激突・・・・というわけか。