Asian games tae kwon do fight Jeon Han/Flickr

亚洲博弈非零和

美国剑桥—两个贵妇彼此为敌。她们都激烈地捍卫自己的社会地位——甚至以不再邀请作为对出席另一位女主人的派对的客人的威胁。

中国和美国看待亚太关系就是如此：零和博弈。各国要在中国的亚洲基础设施投资银行（亚投行）还是美国的跨太平洋合作伙伴关系（TPP）上签字？中国说服国际货币基金组织（IMF）将人民币纳入其账户单位——特别提款权（SDR）的尝试会获得欢迎，还是被耻辱性地拒绝？美国还是世界最大经济体地位吗？2014年中国到底有没有超过它？

关注这些问题很有诱惑力，但这些都是思考全球经济的错误思路。没有理由认为某些国家不应该同时加入中国的亚投行和美国的TPP，也没有理由认为成员资格的重合现象不应该随时间的推移而扩大——或者说，事实上，没有理由认为女主人应该永不参加彼此的派对。

We hope you're enjoying Project Syndicate.

To continue reading, subscribe now.

Subscribe

Get unlimited access to PS premium content, including in-depth commentaries, book reviews, exclusive interviews, On Point, the Big Picture, the PS Archive, and our annual year-ahead magazine.

Support High-Quality Commentary

As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, and its effects reverberate around the world, Project Syndicate is delivering the expert scientific, economic, and political insights that people need. For more than 25 years, we have been guided by a simple credo: All people deserve access to a broad range of views by the world's foremost leaders and thinkers on the issues, events, and forces shaping their lives. In this crisis, that mission is more important than ever – and we remain committed to fulfilling it.

But there is no doubt that the intensifying crisis puts us, like so many other organizations, under growing strain. If you are in a position to support us, please subscribe now.

As a subscriber, you will enjoy unlimited access to our On Point suite of long reads and book reviews, Say More contributor interviews, The Year Ahead magazine, the full PS archive, and much more. You will also directly support our mission of delivering the highest-quality commentary on the world's most pressing issues – including the latest outbreak-related developments – to as wide an audience as possible.

By helping us to build a truly open world of ideas, every PS subscriber makes a real difference. Thank you.

Subscribe Now

https://prosyn.org/jsoecCGzh;