21世纪初，当中国增长加速时，大宗商品价格暴涨；自2011年中国开始减速以来，能源价格跌去70 % ， 金属价格跌去50 % ， 农产品价格跌去35 % 。
In the early 2000s, when Chinese growth accelerated, commodity prices rose sharply; since China’s slowdown began in 2011, energy prices have fallen by 70%, metals prices by 50%, and agricultural commodity prices by 35%.