One retort would surely be that even ex-colonial powers can learn from their mistakes.

这肯定会引起另一位外交官的反驳——即使身处前殖民超级大国的地位，也应该从过去的错误中吸取教训。

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And... a lot of, a lot of the role was played by the colonial powers within the conflict.

然后呢。，有很多事取决于殖民力量，在冲突中起的作用。

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Indeed, among all the former European colonial powers, France is unique in its refusal to decolonize.

实际上，在所有前欧洲殖民列强中，法国在拒绝非殖民化上是很独特的。

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And... a lot of, a lot of the role was played by the colonial powers within the conflict.

然后呢。,有很多事取决于殖民力量,在冲突中起的作用。

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All of this is designed to show that China is different from colonial powers.

BBC: Chinese colonialism?

Europe's ex-colonial powers are ill-placed to lecture China about its behaviour in Africa, they say.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

These were men and women who had never governed, who were colonial subjects while the colonial powers led everything.

CNN: Kofi Annan: Still watching over Africa