Economic relations between the US and China have become so mutually dependent and potentially destructive that a cottage industry has built up to give them a name. Historian Niall Ferguson coined the term “Chimerica” while Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, proposed the creation of a G2 between the two countries. Even comedian Stephen Colbert has got in on the act, labelling them “frenemies”, a mixture of friends and enemies.
美國與中國之間的經濟關系已變得如此相互依賴和極具潛在破壞性,以至于一個小行業應運而生,競相為這一關系取名。歷史學家尼爾·弗格森(Niall Ferguson)發明了“中美國”(Chimerica)一詞,而美國前總統吉米·卡特(Jimmy Carter)的國家安全顧問茲比格涅夫·布熱津斯基(Zbigniew Brzezinski)則提議創建美中兩國集團(G2)。連喜劇演員史蒂芬·科拜爾(Stephen Colbert)也參與進來,稱美中關系為frenemies,即朋友(friends)和敵人(enemies)的混合物。