老外在中国：真没有比家更好的地方吗？_其他

老外在中国：真没有比家更好的地方吗？

尽管与上世纪相比，英国在权力和影响力上长期处于衰落状态，很多英国人仍不愿接受这一新的现实。过时的歌曲《不列颠万岁》以及英国右翼报纸中宣扬的狂热的民族主义越来越盛行，尤其是在老一辈英国人中。

In the four years since I left, my homeland once synonymous with statecraft and stability now looks to be foundering.

四年前当我离开英国时，英国还是一个治国有方、团结稳定的国家，而现在似乎已处于崩溃边缘。

In addition to referendums, the British public has twice in as many years been asked to decide on who should run the country. Such a rash of polls hardly smacks of solidity, nor does it serve to inspire confidence in Western-style democracy.

除了脱欧公投，在过去的几年里英国公众两次被要求选出国家治理者。如此草率的投票即不利于英国稳定，又令英国民众对西方民主失去信心。

Contrast that with China, which over the same period has taken on an ever greater role in world affairs with the Belt and Road Initiative and its commitment to combating climate change in the face of the United States' withdrawal.

相比之下，同一时间中国在世界事务中已经发挥越来越大的作用，发起了“一带一路”倡议，且在美国退出《巴黎协定》时做出承诺，全力应对气候变化。

The supposed leaders of the UK, meanwhile, keep calling election after election, vote after vote, each only really serving to make the country weaker.