新中国在过去五年已发展成熟,它的经济优势不但对亚洲的稳定局势有深远影响,其策略性角色对全球市场亦日益重要。如果说“9·11事件”导致全球的势力均衡出现重大变化,那上述有关中国的说法尤见真切。中国凭着新建立的领导地位,大有机会成为任何新世界秩序的核心。中国的优势其实不难理解。在全球经济日益动荡之时,中国领导层坚决继续推行市场主导的改革,无论在1997～1998年的亚洲金融风暴之后,或全球经济在 As China has matured in the past five years, its economic advantages not only have a profound impact on the stability in Asia, but its strategic role is increasingly important to the global market. If the “September 11 incident” has led to major changes in the balance of power across the globe, the above-mentioned remark about China is particularly true. With its newly established leadership, China has a great chance of becoming the core of any new world order. China’s advantage is actually not hard to understand. At a time of turbulent global economy, the Chinese leadership resolutely pursued market-oriented reforms. No matter after the Asian financial turmoil of 1997-1998 or the global economic crisis