as defined in its first usage in a 1983 internal memorandum at the Stanford Research Institute, a stakeholder is a member of the "groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist".
所以他提到的2005年的讲话,We need to urge China to become a responsible stakeholder in the international system, 重点不是在 stakeholder,而是 responsible。他把重点划错了。中国早就是国际经济体系的重要组成部分,是一个重要的 stakeholder。但被认为不是一个 responsible stakeholder。直到今天的贸易战,床铺依然在 responsible 上做文章。