Still, pick up some newspapers and read their reports on China and many will, as I do, wonder if it is really true that Chinese leaders in Beijing are always trying to undermine or outdo one another.

• 但是，翻开某些报纸，看看那些关于中国的文章，我相信很多人都会禁不住疑惑起来：北京的那些领导人为什么整天都在勾心斗角和尔虞我诈?