老外在中国：真没有比家更好的地方吗？
<p>尽管与上世纪相比，英国在权力和影响力上长期处于衰落状态，很多英国人仍不愿接受这一新的现实，尤其是在老一辈英国人中。支持英国脱欧的民众梦想回到过去，回到那个幻想的大英帝国。但这只是一个谬论。</p><p><span word="By">By</span> <span word="Greg">Greg</span> <span word="Fountain">Fountain</span></p><p><span word="Twenty">Twenty</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="returned">returned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> - <span word="an">an</span> <span word="event">event</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="formal">formal</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="Empire">Empire</span>.</p><p>20年前的7月，香港回归中国。人们通常将这一事件视为大英帝国正式结束的标志。</p><p><span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="reluctance">reluctance</span>, <span word="back">back</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UK">UK</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="admit">admit</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="hegemony">hegemony</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> 20<span word="th">th</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span>.</p><p>然而，很多英国民众似乎不愿承认英国19世纪和20世纪初建立的霸权现在已经成为历史。</p><p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="year">year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="membership">membership</span> <span word="referendum">referendum</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="ample">ample</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="so">so</span>-<span word="called">called</span> <span word="Brexit">Brexit</span> <span word="vote">vote</span> <span word="won">won</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="xenophobic">xenophobic</span> <span word="nostalgia">nostalgia</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="good">good</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="days">days</span>".</p><p>去年，关于欧盟成员国身份的公投为此提供了充足的证据，所谓的退欧公投取得胜利，至少有一部分是因为一些排外的英国民众还怀念“过去的美好时光”。</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="extended">extended</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="Britons">Britons</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="refuse">refuse</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="reality">reality</span>. <span word="Fervent">Fervent</span> <span word="nationalism">nationalism</span>, <span word="embodied">embodied</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="anachronistic">anachronistic</span> "<span word="anthems">anthems</span>" <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Rule">Rule</span> <span word="Britannia">Britannia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="expounded">expounded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="elements">elements</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="England">England</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="right">right</span>-<span word="wing">wing</span> <span word="press">press</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="rife">rife</span> - <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="older">older</span> <span word="generation">generation</span>.</p>
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