Or, you can see it as thoroughly ambiguous in the 1900s, when U.S. leaders urged the Chinese toward a more republican form of government, which quickly descended into warlordism.

• 当美国领导人在20世纪头十年催促中国人向一个更加共和主义的政体转变、而这种政体很快堕落为军阀主义时，你会觉得它极其暧昧。