If 2009 was China's year and the noughties were a decade when Beijing's rise seemed on permanent fast-forward, the past two weeks have been a setback for the country's global ambitions. The Copenhagen conference, a dissident sent to prison and an execution have raised again the question of whether China's political system is compatible with the international respect it craves.
如果說2009年是屬于中國的一年，而21世紀的最初十年是中國持續快速崛起的十年，那么過去兩周則讓中國的全球雄心遭受了挫折。哥本哈根會議、將一名持不同政見者送進監獄和處死英國毒販等事件，再次引發了這樣的問題：中國的政治制度是否與其渴望的國際尊重相匹配。
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