Once in a while received wisdom is upturned by a fleeting headline. It happened the other day when the FT reported that “Vietnam seeks US support in China dispute”. The stylised view of the new global order frames it as a contest between the established west and the rising rest. The more interesting story is the one about the rest versus the rest.
每隔一段時間，公認的看法會被某個一閃而過的標題顛覆。幾天前，英國《金融時報》的報導《越南「歡迎」美國干預南海爭端》就屬於這種情況。有關全球新秩序的時尚觀點，將其框定爲擁有既定利益的西方和正在崛起的其他國家之間的較量。其實，「其他國家」之間的相互角力，是個更有意思的故事。
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