观点

Question 0

it is hard to imagine China’s problems being solved without more transparent, accountable government.

Answer 0

中国

Question 1

Ignoring the ruling could cut both ways.
On the one hand, it would show China acting like a traditional superpower, capable of resisting international pressure and criticism, as the U.S. was in 1986, he said. But it could be viewed negatively for the same reasons.

Answer 1

南海问题

Question 2

Ultimately, Beijing will reach an accommodation with its neighbors that reflects the ruling, or risk portraying itself as an outlaw state.

Answer 2

南海

Question 3

It would also undermine Beijing’s longstanding claim to be a champion of weaker nations, and jeopardize Mr. Xi’s other goal of winning a leadership role for China—alongside the U.S.—in the international community.

Answer 3

损害中国一贯的主张：支持弱小国家

损害中国全球领导角色

Question 4

They’ve linked their vision of restoring China’s ancient position of pre-eminence in East Asia to the recovery of land, be it specks of coral in the South China Sea, rocky outcrops in the East China Sea disputed with Japan, or Taiwan, by far the most important estranged portion of the Motherland.

Answer 4

be it sth…or sth不管它是…还是…
specks of 少量的
outcrops 露出来的岩石

Question 5

China’s actions in pursuit of this formula for national greatness have stirred regional anxieties, fueled an arms race and spawned coalitions of smaller powers to counter Chinese territorial ambitions.

Answer 5

stir
fuel
spawn

Question 6

This is a moment of reckoning for Beijing. Ultimately, it must decide between tranquility in its neighborhood and nationalist ambition. Its increasingly assertive position that its rise can only come at the territorial expense of its neighbors has met a legal barrier.Beijing can have regional stability or revanchist dreams; it can’t have both.

Answer 6

regional stability VS revanchist dreams

趋于稳定VS恢复失地的梦想