For decades, China has moved methodically to dominate ever more industries, from toys and clothing in the 1980s to semiconductors and renewable energy today. China now produces a third of the world’s manufactured goods — more than the United States, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Britain combined. Its trade surplus in these goods is equal to a tenth of the entire Chinese economy.
几十年来,中国一直在有条不紊地主导越来越多的行业,从20世纪80年代的玩具和服装行业,到今天的半导体和可再生能源。中国现在生产三分之一的全球制成品,超过美国、德国、日本、韩国和英国生产的总和。来自这些商品的贸易顺差相当于整个中国经济的10%。