但既然当时并没有发生这一情况，现在也肯定不会发生：如今，中国外汇储备是其1997—98年持有量1,400亿美元的23倍。
But if it didn’t happen then, it certainly won’t happen now: China’s foreign-exchange reserves today are 23 times higher than the $140 billion held in 1997-98.