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
舰外交,
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,
国人的外交成功是在他们失去了船只和枪支时取得的。