致中國讀者信

To my Chinese readers,

It is a pleasure to introduce THE REVENGE OF GEOGRAPHY.This book has special relevance to China. For China is faced with both geographical opportunities and geographical dilemmas. Because of China's demographic and relative economic strength, it is able influence adjacent areas like the Russian Far East, Outer Mongolia, and especially former-Soviet Central Asia, where it is building energy pipelines and other infrastructure. On the other hand, China is faced with developmental challenges within its own borders. Geography will thus go a long way to explain the future challenges of the Middle Kingdom.

Sincerely,

Robert D. Kaplan

親愛的中國讀者：

我榮幸地向您介紹《即將到來的地緣戰(zhàn)爭》，這本書與中國有著特殊的淵源。當(dāng)今中國面臨地理機(jī)遇與挑戰(zhàn)并存的局面，中國的人口規(guī)模和相對經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力使其對相鄰地區(qū)國家有巨大的影響力，如遠(yuǎn)東地區(qū)的俄羅斯、蒙古，特別是蘇聯(lián)時期的中亞國家，這些國家正在建設(shè)與中國相連的輸油管道和基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施。另一方面，中國也正面臨著內(nèi)部發(fā)展的挑戰(zhàn)。要預(yù)測這個“中央帝國”未來的發(fā)展方向，需要我們更加深入地從地理方面去研究。

致以深深的敬意，

羅伯特·D.卡普蘭