同样重要的是，中国在公共舆论领域已经身败名裂 — — 受到西方政策制定者，一些知名学者以及其他认为该国未能兑现2001年加入WTO所承诺条款的人所指责。
Equally significant, China has lost the battle in the arena of public opinion – chastised by Western policymakers, a few high-profile academics, and others for having failed to live up to the grand bargain struck in 2001, when the country was admitted to the World Trade Organization.