Neither the United States nor China has experience in such a task. Each assumes its national values to be both unique and of a kind to which other peoples naturally aspire. Reconciling the two versions of exceptionalism is the deepest challenge of th

Neither the United States nor China has experience in such a task. Each assumes its national values to be both unique and of a kind to which other peoples naturally aspire. Reconciling the two versions of exceptionalism is the deepest challenge of the Sino-American relationship.

面对这样一个任务，美国和中国都没有经验。它们都认为自己国家的价值观独一无二，是其他民族理所当然所向往的。调和这两种例外论是中美关系的最深刻挑战。