毕竟，在十八世纪末，中国成为世界第一的制造商品国家，而且，中国自认为是文明的中心，即使不称雄世界，至少是在亚洲无可比拟。
After all, at the end of the eighteenth century, China became the world’s first producer of manufactured goods, and it perceives itself as a center of civilization unequalled by any other in Asia, if not the world.