However obvious that might seem now, the notion was resisted by those in Britain and America who felt that it violated an ancient principle of non-interference in other countries' domestic affairs.

尽管现在看来这一点再明显不过，但是当时这个概念遭到了英国和美国的反对，他们认为它违反了一条古老的原则——任何国家无权干涉他国的内政。

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The response to the violence at Preah Vihear, however, shows that non-interference is still ASEAN's default position, which is unlikely to change soon.

然而在柏威夏神庙的冲突反应了东盟在互不干涉问题上仍然显得很无力，也不太可能很快得到改善。

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But does France's new approach really amount to non-interference?

但是，法国的这些新的手段真的就等于说是不干涉了么？

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China's stance is consistent with its policy of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs.

ECONOMIST: Kenya and China

In 1894, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to declare a policy of non-interference in the Hawaiian Islands.

CNN: Friday,

The organisation's guiding principle, non-interference, had served it so well in the tense, mutually suspicious days of 1967.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia awakes, South-East Asia starts to wonder