<div><div style="display: inline-block;"></div></div> <div style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: #dbdbdb; border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #404040; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STHeiti, 华文黑体, "Microsoft YaHei", 微软雅黑, SimSun, 宋体, "WenQuanYi Micro Hei", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 16px; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: auto; width: 645.327px; background-color: #ffffff;"><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/660/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2016/10/31/161031100444_china_communist_party_meeting_624x351_xinhua.jpg" width="624" height="351" data-highest-encountered-width="660" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; 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font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">社评认为，几十年来西方民主国家追求与中国对话接触，相信经济上的繁荣和开放将自然而然导致北京转变为一个更加开放的政治制度。“通过展示西方生活方式的好处，发达经济国家认为中国将跟自己越来越相像。”</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">但是这一观念受到习近平的挑战，因为他在上周的中共十八届六中全会上成为了“核心”。</p><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">回归强人时代</strong><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">社评说，这一做法使中国回到强人统治，从而结束了短暂的集体领导。</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">虽然习近平的前任们在任期引入的民主机制微乎其微，但是他们的目标还是朝着民主的方向努力。</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“相反，习近平一而再再而三地强力拒绝了民主和其他大部分普世价值，相反承诺‘复兴’，这让人想起从前普天之下莫非王土的时代。”</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">社评还指出，习近平在中国和西方的辩护人士说，他巩固权力是必要的，因为只有这样才能展开困难重重的经济以及政治改革；他的反腐败运动也是为了扭转庞大的国企，控制债务的增长。</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">不过，社论说，当习近平第一个五年任期接近尾声的时候，人们越来越清楚地看到，他巩固权力并非为了推进重大改革，而是为了终结改革。</p><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">西方应更强硬</strong><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">社评说，西方世界面对的问题是，日益强大中国的领导人正在寻求彻底颠覆西方自由民主社会的理念基石。</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">社评建议：与中国仍要继续保持对话接触，，但这样的对话和接触必须是“有原则和强有力的”。</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">如果中国继续在诸多领域对外国投资关紧大门，那么中国公司在海外尝试收购的战略也就必须面临更多的审核。</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“这不是保护主义，而是为取得新的平衡，以便北京明白不能向外国公司封锁自己的市场，却期待外国欢迎中国公司的进入。”</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">社论认为，以为中国富裕和融入世界经济之后会自动变成自由民主国家的想法，至少目前看是错了。但是现代世界还几乎没有看见过有哪个大国能长期实行封闭威权制度，却仍保持高度开放的经济。</p><p style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">文章最后认为：“习近平为史上最大的政治实验创造了条件。”</p></div>