

Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.
加利福尼亚州克莱蒙特——国众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)抵达台湾引起了中国大陆的强烈反应。中国战机飞抵台湾海峡的中线。中国外交部警告佩洛西访台将造成“严重后果”。中国国家主席习近平告诉美国总统拜登,“玩火者必自焚”。现在,中国刚刚宣布从 8 月 4 日(佩洛西离开台湾之后)开始进行大规模实弹演习。军事对抗的幽灵越来越大。
但佩洛西对今天岛上日益紧张的局势几乎没有责任。即使她决定在亚洲之行中跳过台北,中国对台湾的好战情绪也会继续加剧,可能在不久的将来引发另一场台海危机。
与流行的说法相反,这主要不是因为习近平决心在其任期内统一台湾。统一确实是他的长期目标之一(这对他和全体中国共产党来说都是一个至高无上的成就),但任何以武力实现的企图都将付出极大的代价。它甚至可能给中共政权带来生存风险,失败的军事行动将危及中共政权的生存。
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