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KEY TO EXERCISESSection A: Text ComprehensionI. Reference Answers to Pre-reading Questions:1.Jim Carter [Para 2]2.Brzezinski attracted worldwide attention by elaborating his G-2 idea with an article in theFinancial Times entitled "The Group of Two that could change the world".[Para 7]3.He thinks that Barack Obama is a conciliator at heart. [Para 16]4.For the idea of G-2 to work, the US has to adjust fundamentally foreign policy it has followedsince the end of Word War II, away from neo-imperialism toward Wilsonian/FDR liberalism, and give up its aim of peaceful evolution of Chinese society towards market capitalism. A G-2 would have to be a leading force in building a new world order of social justice and economic equity. [Para 27]5.Mao's vision of US-China relations transcends fleeting geopolitical tactics of balance ofpower, towards a long-range peaceful coexistence of two of the world's largest nations. [Para 30]Section B: ExercisesI. Detailed ExaminationIdentify whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F) according to your understanding of the text details.1. F2. T3. T4. F5. F6. T7. F8. T9. T 10. TII. Business T erms1.Give the Chinese equivalents of the following business terms and expressions whichwould be found in the given paragraphs of the text.1). 外交关系2). 别具风格地，时髦地3). （外交）关系的正常化4). 生机勃勃的国内市场5). 外贸结算6). 和谐世界7). 联合国维和部队8). 维持全球主导地位9). 放任自由的市场经济10). 专属经济区11). 韬光养晦12). 和谐共生的伙伴2.Give the English Equivalents of the following Business terms and expressions whichwould be found in the given paragraphs of the text.1). top executives2). China's core interests3). sovereign credit4). export sector5). China's 'peaceful rising' 6). decision-maker7). in-depth discussion8). unipolar world order9). win-win symbiosis10). peaceful evolution11). run counter to 12). mutual benefitIII. Text ComprehensionAnswer the following questions according to the text.1.Because there was no official counterpart observation in the US. [Para 3]2.Brzezinski thinks China could help the US find solutions to the problems like the globalfinancial crisis, the challenges of climate change, North Korea and Iran nuclear ambitions, India and Pakistan tension and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [Para 6]3.According to Brzezinski, it precipitated almost from the start security co-operation that hasbeen of genuine benefit both to the US and China. The effect was to change the Cold War's global chessboard - to the disadvantage of the Soviet Union. Indirectly, the normalization facilitated Chairman Deng Xiaoping's decision to undertake a comprehensive economic reform. China's growth would have been much harder without the expansion in US-Chinese trade and financial relations that followed normalization." [Para 8]4.It describes the relationship as one of "complex interdependence", in which both sidesevaluate each other in pragmatic and moderate terms and in which "the two sides can compete and consult within existing international rules". Yet the reality of US-China relations is one of unending US provocation and hostility on a compliant China. [Para 9]5.China should adopt a full employment objective and an income policy financed by sovereigncredit in order to develop a vibrant domestic market that would absorb the sharp shrinkage of its export sector resulting from the global financial crisis. The way for China to use sovereign credit to finance domestic economic development is to free China from dollar hegemony by demanding settlement of its export trade to be denominated in yuan. [Para 10]6.According to Brzezinski, if both sides at all times keep in mind the centrality of theirinterdependence, they will be able to cope with other contentious issues.7.They are mainly about listing Brzezinski’s ideas on forming G2. Specifically, Para 11 is aboutChina’s revisionist power and “the US-China’s common perspectives” which are helpful in forming G2; Para 12 analyses the Chinese own view or stand toward the idea of revisionist power. Para 13-16 are about his views on the fields in which the US and China can cooperate. national interests globally would be better served by a strategy of making friends withChina by sharing power globally because eventually the US will need the support of the world's most populous country to preserve and shore up its own global dominance. By contrast, conflicts with China will drain US capacity to maintain its global dominance. [Para 18]9.Brzezinski, the grand master of geopolitical chess, plots his strategy several moves ahead ofthe game. Geopolitical pluralism must first be promoted to defuse challenges to US superpower, followed by encouraging compatible key partners to cooperate under US leadership, and finally the pragmatic sharing of global geopolitical responsibility can be rewarded with a sharing of power. The twin poles of this strategy are a united Europe in the West and strong China in the East; with the problematic central regions stabilized within a new balance of power. [Para 20]10.The US, in view of the self-inflicted damage to its freewheeling market economy that can beexpected to leave the country in a protracted depression, will need a trade partner with high growth potential to absorb its overcapacity. China emerges in the 21st century as the idealcandidate for the new ally with a special relationship with the US. From the US security perspective, an alliance with China will spare the US from again involving itself directly in a war in Asia, a role the US alliance with Japan had repeatedly failed to accomplish. From the US economic perspective, US-China economic interdependence has the potential of a win-win symbiosis. Brzezinski anticipates that a G-2 would be more effective in dealing with multilateral global issues than the G-5 (France, Germany, Italy, UK, US) or G-6 (G5+Japan) or G-7 (G6+Canada) or G8 (G7+ Russia) or even the G-20 (G7+developing countries including China). [Para 21-22]11.The author uses examples and illustrations to tell us that Brzezinski's vision is not shared byall in US.12.notwithstanding Brzezinski's assertion, China is not a "revisionist" power, but anon-expansionist revolutionary state aiming at restoring its natural historical status as it was before the arrival of Western imperialism in Asia. China is not interested in bringing back a pre-World War II world order of imperialist exploitative expansion. China is not Japan, which as a defeated nation has been willing to play the role of a submissive ally with a benevolent victor.13.The author thinks that a G-2 regime would inflict on China the side-effects of rising anti-USsentiments from around the world at a time when US power is declining from self-inflicted wounds. [Para 32]By being a member of the proposed G-2, China would be necessarily saddled with the burdens of being a special ally of a superpower without the benefits or even the need of being a superpower itself. [Para 33] A G-2 will create unavoidable geopolitical problems for China in Asia, and also relating to the US global war on terrorism. It will exacerbate China's problem with Islamic separatists. [Para 34]The reason is thata.China is not likely to play Brzezinski's new Great Game.b.China is not a "revisionist" power, but a non-expansionist revolutionary state aiming atrestoring its natural historical status as it was before the arrival of Western imperialism in Asia.c.China is not interested in bringing back a pre-World War II world order of imperialistexploitative expansion.d.China is not Japan, which as a defeated nation has been willing to play the role of asubmissive ally with a benevolent victor. [Para 28]e.The foreign policy of the People's Republic since its founding in 1949 has a long legacyof nonalignment. [Para 29]f.China views itself is a natural member of developing countries, but does not see itself asthe group's leader either by design or by default. [Para 31]g.Brzezinski's G2 strategy runs counter to Deng Xiaoping's strategy of "hide capacity, bidetime"[Para 31]h.China's first priority should be to secure her position as the leading protector of Asianinterests against neo-imperialism from the G-5. A strong China needs also a strong, independent Asia free from undue manipulation by external forces.i.China should tilt towards Japan as a friendly neighbor and not fantasize about unrealisticUS friendship with a socialist China.j.Chinese policymakers will be disappointed if they are not realistic about deep-rooted US hostility toward China. China must avoid open conflict with the US, but Chinesepolicymakers must understand that the US will never be China's friend as long as the communist party is in control of China.k.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's overture of peace and cooperation to China is merely an emergency measure in response to a collapsed economy and exhaustion from undeclared foreign wars.14.China now needs to carefully consider any disingenuous invitation to join and save theprecarious US-constructed and dominated world system at a time when conditions around the world are making the prospect of a new, just world order on the horizon a welcome possibility.[Para 40]IV. Interactive BrainstormingDiscuss with your partners the following questions based on your understanding of the text as well as on your own knowledge and ideas. (Omitted)被删去标题图片：。