Though they imitated Britain's gunboat diplomacy, whose efficacy in China impressed all imperial regimes, the Russians' diplomatic success came, paradoxically, when they lost their boat and their guns.
尽管他们模仿了英国的炮舰外交,炮舰外交在中国的效力给所有帝国主义政权留下了深刻印象,但自相矛盾的是,俄国人的外交成功是在他们失去了船只和枪支时取得的。