中国的人均收入在1990年仅相当于日本的1/4，如果中国在实现发达国家生活水平出现了类似的挫折，那必将是悲剧性的。
China’s per capita income is still only about a quarter of Japan’s in 1990; it would be a tragedy if it suffered a similar setback before completing the path to developed-country living standards.