亚洲世纪之始(1)

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IT hasn't always been easy to discern from a Western vantage point, but the rise of China and Asia has been the most important economic development of the past four decades.
从西方的制高点来看，这并不总是那么容易，但中国和亚洲的崛起一直是过去40年最重要的经济发展。

Today, Shenzhen, China's tech capital, has a per capita GDP of almost $30,000. The city is home to tech giants such as Huawei, Tencent and ZTE, and a "maker movement" of tech startups.
如今，中国科技之都深圳的人均GDP已接近3万美元。深圳是华为、腾讯和中兴等科技巨头的所在地，也是科技初创企业的“创客运动”所在地。

And many other Chinese cities, including Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing's Zhongguancun (home to TikTok creator ByteDance), made equally impressive progress.
其他许多中国城市，包括杭州、上海和北京中关村(抖音的创办公司“字节跳动”的所在地)，也取得了同样令人印象深刻的进展。

When I visited the country for the first time in April 1979, it was still reeling from two centuries of turmoil.
当我在1979年4月第一次访问中国时，它还在两个世纪的动荡中蹒跚前行。

But China's new leader, Deng Xiaoping, had already begun pursuing an experimental set of policies, borrowed from Singapore, called "Reform and Opening-Up."
但中国的新领导人邓小平已经开始推行一套从新加坡借鉴的试验性政策，名为“改革开放”。

In cities such as Shenzhen and Fuzhou, foreign direct investment was welcomed, and many features of a market economy were introduced.
深圳和福州等城市欢迎外商直接投资，市场经济的许多特点也被引入。

The economic development it spurred was then used as a flying wheel to create further growth and learning down the road.
在该政策下经济的发展后来被用作一个飞轮，以创造进一步的增长和经验。

China's growth soared, and by the early 2000s it entered the World Trade Organization.
中国的经济迅速增长，并在21世纪初加入了世界贸易组织。

Around the same time, it started to gain a technological edge in various manufacturing industries, including electronic hardware, appliances and textiles.
与此同时，它开始在电子硬件、家电和纺织品等各种制造业中获得技术优势。

And, little by little, it began exporting its own growth model to other emerging economies in the region.
渐渐地，它开始向其国内其他新兴经济体输出自己的增长模式。

By its own calculation, China has lifted 740 million of its own citizens out of poverty.
根据中国的计算，中国已经使7.4亿公民摆脱了贫困。

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1.vantage point 有利位置，优势

The cafe was a good vantage point for watching the world go by.

从这家小餐馆能清楚地看到世事的变迁,Ii6zCoaO#bK。

2.per capital 人均

Nevertheless that improvement will continue even if per capital incomes stagnate.

不过，即使人均收入停止增长，商品和服务在质量和种类方面的进步也会持续下去;jHMDP5WXR)kv。

3.reel from 由于……而蹒跚

Nature is reeling from such threats as population growth, pollution and deforestation.

自然界正遭到诸如人口增长、污染、大肆砍伐树木等的威胁#,D.|3i3CUrMp。

4.emerging market 新兴市场

Excitement and volatility are nothing new to an emerging market in the Far East.

对于远东地区的新兴市场来说，兴奋和波动都不算新鲜Y)FW94pLStn。

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