伯纳姆治下的英国可借鉴特朗普对华交往方式
Burnham’s Britain can learn from Trump in engaging with China
英国与中国建立妥善关系被视为时代性挑战，但一份议会间中国政策联盟（IPAC）的审查指出，英国对此准备不足。审查称英国高级谈判人员缺乏基本中文能力，并批评报告将中国描绘为试图颠覆自由世界秩序的“新极权国家”，认为这种意识形态框架会加深英国对中国认识不足的问题。
Getting relations with China right is widely seen as Britain’s epoch-defining challenge. It is also one it is woefully unprepared to face.
So concluded a recent audit by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which highlighted that top negotiators lacked basic Chinese language skills. More critically, it exposed a deeper deficit: a poor grasp of China spanning political elites and the public alike. This is rooted in a desk-bound classroom sinology rather than a nuanced appreciation and lived immersion.
Yet IPAC’s audit will do little to fix this deficit. Indeed, its ideological framing will deepen it.
The report depicts China as a neo-totalitarian state seeking to engineer the souls of its citizens. It alleges that this coercive ambition extends globally, that Beijing seeks to upend the liberal world order to usher in an era favourable to authoritarian imperialism.
来源：南华早报 · scmp.com