但许多西方政客（平心而论，还包括他们的选民）还没有从十年前的陈腐观念中摆脱 ： （ 1）中国已经加入了世界经济 ； （ 2）那里的工资只有每小时0.5美元 ； （ 3）那里有十亿人口 ； （ 4）中国的工资永远不会达到教科书中的经济学定律所推论的水平，因此其出口将无限制增长下去。
But many Western politicians (and, to be fair, their constituents) are unable to let go of the syllogism that seemed so unassailable just a decade ago: (1) The Chinese have joined the world economy; (2) their wages are $0.50 an hour; (3) there are a billion of them; and (4) Chinese wages will never be bid up in line with the usual textbook laws of economics, so their exports will rise without limit.