And that is China. Its appetite for Western luxury items seems as insatiable as the country's rise to global superpower status seems inevitable.

随着中国无可避免地荣升全球超级大国，中国人对西方奢侈品的胃口似乎无法满足。

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But though this will be a source of friction, it need not be the catastrophe some think inevitable as the established superpower and the rising one fight it out for a dwindling resource.

ECONOMIST: Energy security