My friend richard stirland , the director of the orient airlines association , is fond of reminding me of kipling s well - known admonition " a fool lies here who tried to hurry the east . " taking this to heart , we have so far directed our asian efforts toward expanding and liberalizing our relations with those asian nations with which we had only restrictive agreements 首先,鼓勵中國成為穩(wěn)定繁榮的國家有什么好處,這只要考量反其道而行會引發(fā)的危險后果,就最清楚。歷史證明,當(dāng)中國孤立時即會對中國人民、亞太地區(qū)乃至世界各地,帶來有害的甚至災(zāi)難性的后果。