He has evidently made a bet with himself that for all their huffing and puffing the Chinese will not in the end want to blow his regime down.
He has evidently made a bet with himself that for all their huffing and puffing the Chinese will not in the end want to blow his regime down.
很明显，他与自己赌了一把：因为中国在此事上费劲辛劳，（说明）中国最终是不愿将他打垮的。