| ประโยคภาษาจีน : 中文句子 | 
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|  yì fāng miàn一方面  shì是  yīn wèi因为  guò qù过去  tā它  de的  jué cè quán决策权  shòu dào受到  hěn dà很大  xiàn zhì限制  bù不  xiàng像  xiàn zài现在  zhè yàng这样  zì yóu自由  tóng shí同时  guān niàn观念  gēng xīn更新  yě也  gēn bú shàng跟不上  jiē èr lián sān接二连三  de的  tiáo yuē条约  dài lái带来  de的  quán lì权利  kuò zhāng扩张 | 
| In the past, its decision-making power was much more limited than it is now, and perceptions have been slow to catch up with the gradual increase of power brought about by successive treaties. |