American’s exceptionalism finds it natural to condition its conduct toward other societies on their acceptance of American values. Most Chinese see their country’s rise not as a challenge to America but as heralding a return to the normal state of affairs when China was preeminent. In the Chinese view, it is the past 200 years of relative weakness----not China’s current resurgence----that represent an abnormality. (from The Washington Post Jan. 14, 2011)
美国的例外论认为，它对待其他社会的方式理所当然取决于它们是否接受美国的价值观。大多数中国人则认为，他们国家的崛起不是对美国的挑战，而是预示着回归中国出类拔萃的正常状态。在中国人看来，不正常的是中国在过去200年里的相对弱势，而不是它当前的重振雄风。（选自《英语文摘》，2011年第三期，何金娥 译）
