为什么美国如此嫉妒中国？美国害怕中国吗？

是的，美国害怕中国。它恐惧的根源不是军事也不是地缘政治，而是意识形态。它害怕中国——一个与美国有着截然不同的意识形态的大国——会在各个方面胜过美国，粉碎它制度优越的神话，破坏美国全球霸权的基础。强如过去的苏联，1980年代它的GDP只有美国的40%。其它与美国社会体系不同的小国，例如新加坡，也因为它们经济总量太小，不必过于担忧。

但是中国不同。中国的GDP很快就会追上美国。中国的跨境电商占全球市场的很大一部分。中国去年的钢铁产量是美国的14倍，拥有40000公里的高速铁路，这一数字相当于从纽约到洛杉矶距离的8倍。中国已经在一系列领域内实现了非凡的成就，包括机器人科学、无人机、绿色环保技术和人工智能。当西方世界和许多其他国家都受制于流行病和经济崩溃时，中国卓越的体制让中国能够成功控制流行病，实现全面脱离贫困，让中等收入人群突破4亿人。

我们可以看见中国在所有方面都很成功。这是在告诉美国和世界，中国已经照亮了它自己的路径，创建了一种新形式的人类文明。中国不仅与美国在物质生产、科技力量和军事能力上竞争，也在意识形态领域向美国发起了挑战。这意味着，所谓的美国民主典范和西方政治经济模式的神话已经破灭，美国已经不再是独自闪耀的“民主灯塔”。

因此，美国现在正紧紧地盯着中国。不论是外交政策的构想还是国内立法，它总是在与中国比较。美国正越来越把中国视为一个“参照系”。任何时候中国出现新的发展和进步，美国就比其他任何国家焦虑。而且，当美国发现它已经不可能阻挡中国发展时，就开始编造谣言诽谤中国。这是一个不好的预兆，因为精英深深的自卑感如今正堕落成恐惧。

单词表

frighten v.使惊吓
geopolitical a.地缘政治学的
ideology n.思想体系，意识形态
outdo vt.胜过
shatter v.粉碎，给予极大打击 n.碎片，落叶
institutional a.机构的
superiority n.优越性，优越感
undermine vt.破坏，逐渐削弱
hegemony n.支配权，霸权
catch up with 赶上，捕获
cross-border a.跨越国境的
e-commerce n.电子商务
account for 对……负有责任，占……比例
a huge share of 很大一部分
remarkable a.非凡的，显著的
achievement n.成就，完成
a range of 一系列，一排
robotics n.机器人科学
drone n.雄峰，嗡嗡声，无人机 v.混日子，嗡嗡响
artificial a.人工的，假的 n.人造肥料
grip n./v.紧握，紧抓
in the grip of 受制于
epidemic n.流行的 a.流行性的
superior a.优越的 n.上级，上司
achieve v.实现，完成
comprehensive a.综合的，全部的
proverty n.贫穷，贫困
alleviation n.减轻，缓解
exceed vt.超过，超越
aspect n.方面，层面
blaze n.烈火 v.闪耀，熊熊燃烧
compete vi.竞争，对抗
material n.材料，原料 a.物质的，客观存在的
scientifical a.科学的
technological a.技术的
capability n.能力，军事力量
so-called a.所谓的
democratic a.民主的
beacon n.信标，灯标
therefore ad.因此
closely ad.接近地，仔细地
no matter 不论
formulation n.配方，构想
foreign policy 外交政策
domestic a.本国的，家务的
legislation n.法规，立法
frame of reference 参照系
axious a.焦虑的
fabricate v.制造，捏造
rumor n.谣言 v.谣传
slander vt./n.诽谤，口头诽谤
omen n.预兆
inferiority n.低等，劣等
sense of inferiority 自卑感
degenerate vi.退化 a.退化的 n.堕落的人

译自：https://www.quora.com/Why-is-America-so-jealous-of-China-Is-America-frightened-of-China

时间：2021年11月11日

答主：Mia Brown , China (2013-present), Ph.D., The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies International Relations (1989)

Yes, the US is frightened of China. The roots of its fears are not military or geopolitical, but ideological. It fears that China, a big country with a completely different ideology from the United States, will outdo the United States on all sides, thus shatting the myth of its institutional superiority and undermining the foundation of American global hegemony. Powerful as the Soviet Union was, in 1980 its GDP was only about 40% of that of the United States. Small countries such as Singapore, which have a different social system from the US, because of their small economic size, no need to worry too much.

But China is different. China's GDP will soon catch up with that of the US. China's cross-border e-commerce accounts for a huge share of the world market. China produced 14 times as much steel as the US last year and has 40,000km of high-speed rail, more than eight times the distance between New York and Los Angeles. China has made remarkable achievements in a range of fields, including robotics, drones, green technology and artificial intelligence. While the Western world and many other countries are in the grip of the epidemic and the economic collapse, China's superior system has enabled China to successfully control the epidemic, achieve comprehensive poverty alleviation, and the middle-income group has exceeded 400 million.

We can see that China is very successful in all aspects. This is to tell the United States and the world that we have blazed our own path and created a new form of human civilization. China can not only compete with the United States in material production, scientific and technological power, military capabilities, but also challenge the United States in the field of ideology. This means that the so-called democratic model of the United States and the myth of the Western political and economic model have been shattered, and the United States is no longer the only shining "democratic beacon".

Therefore, the United States is now closely watching China. No matter in the formulation of foreign policies or domestic legislation, it always compares China. The United States is increasingly using China as a "frame of reference". Whenever there are new developments and progress in China, the United States is more anxious than anyone else. And，When the US found that it could no longer stop China's development, they began to fabricate rumors and slander China. This is a bad omen, because the elite's deep sense of inferiority now degenerates into fear.