Organisations die when they become irrelevant. That is what is happening to the G8 which, for reasons I can’t understand, continues to exclude China. When the G8 was formed in the 70s to bring together the leaders of the world’s main economic powers at a time of crisis and recession, China was tiny in global economic terms and focused on its own internal political struggles. Now it is at the heart of the global economy. Excluding the Chinese in favour of Canada or Italy is insulting.
跟不上時代潮流的組織注定會“過氣”,這正是八國集團(G8)目前的處境。八國集團到底為何仍把中國拒之門外,著實讓人難以理解。該集團成立于上世紀70年代,旨在把處于危機與衰退之中的世界主要經濟大國的領導人聚到一起、商討對策。當時,中國在全球經濟中的分量極輕,主要精力都用在內部政治斗爭上。如今,中國已在全球經濟中占據極其重要的地位。八國集團包括加拿大和意大利,卻不讓中國加入,未免顯得無禮。