The Bush administration is trying to cajole China away from seeing the global balance of power in zero-sum terms and persuade it instead that a rising China and a strong America could not only coexist but thrive together.

• 布什政府正努力劝诱中国不再从零和的角度看待全球的力量平衡，使其转而相信一个崛起的中国和一个强大的美国不但能共存而且也能共荣。