美国为什么一直针对中国？英国学者这篇演讲分析得太透彻！(2)

and the second factor and i think a more important factor was that the american belief was that as china modernized, it would westernize.
因为美国的态度基本上是，现代化的过程等同于西化的过程。所以美国的假设是中国会渐渐变得像一个西方国家，看起来像美国一样，比如采用西式的政治体制。
because remember the american attitude fundamentally was that the process of modernization was also a process of westernization. so the american assumption was that over time, china would become increasingly look like a western country, look like the united states have, for example, centrally, a western style political system. 
美国想当然地认为，如果中国没有这样发展，那么它的崛起就会走到尽头、碰壁，无法持续。
and the americans took it for granted that if this didn"t happen, then china"s rise would come to an end, hit a wall, be unsustainable.
转折发生在2008年金融危机
2008年的西方金融危机打破了美国对中国的这两个假想。转折就从这里开始。这完全出乎意料。
now, what began to undermine these two american assumptions about china really starts with the financial crisis, western financial crisis in 2008. this was the beginning of the turning point. now, this was completely unexpected.