如果你拥有一件300年前的“中国制造”，所有人都会印象深刻 [美国媒体]

300 years ago, if you had something that was made in China, everyone would be really impressed.

如果你拥有一件300年前的“中国制造”，所有人都会印象深刻

whooo_me
Today, if you had something made in China 300 years ago, most people would be impressed too.

今天，如果你拥有一件300年前的“中国制造”，所有人还是会印象深刻的。

blackhairedbeauty
I'm still pretty impressed at stuff they make.

他们制造出来的东西依然令我印象深刻。

Notentirely-accurate
800 years ago, if you had something made in America, people would be impressed.

如果你拥有一件800年前的“美国制造”，那所有人都会印象深刻的。

注释： 美国是1776年7月4号才独立建国的，距今还不到300年。

-Im_Batman-
800 years ago, if you had something made in America, people would be like, "What the fuck is an America?".

如果你拥有一件800年前的“美国制造”，那人们的反应会是这样的：“美国是个啥东西？”

JazzboTN
300 years ago the East India Company was importing silk, porcelain and tea from China. The tea became so popular the government taxed it which caused some people to revolt.

300年前，东印度公司从中国进口丝绸、瓷器和茶叶。后来，茶叶开始广受欢迎，英国政府就对茶叶征税，此举激起了很多人的反抗。



BrandiMS13
I was watching family feud and one of the fast cash questions was, "what percentage of items in your home are made in China?" The lady answered 10%. I thought to myself, "wow, she has no clue!"

我之前看家庭问答（美国一档节目）的时候，他们有问到一个问题：“你家里的东西有百分之几是中国制造的？”那位女士回答有10%。我当时心里想，“哇，她真是一点也不了解情况啊！”

pmmeamilleniumfalcon
Which actually makes me sad. The global system of construction, development, trade and transport is a miracle, and most people are completely ignorant to it.

这恰恰是让我很伤心的地方。全球体系的建设发展、贸易和交通运输都是一个奇迹，而大多数人却对此一无所知。

-PM_Me_Reddit_Gold-
The other 90% is just from different Asian countries.

那剩下的90%是其他亚洲国家制造的。

ACoderGirl
I wonder what the number really is? I wanna say ballpark 80%, but it would depend a lot on how we count things. Like, take cutlery. Is every individual fork, spoon, etc a single item? Because lots of small, simple things are Chinese made, so they'll overwhelm the rest.

我很好奇真实的百分比是多少呢？我会说大概有80%吧，但是这也很大取决于我们怎么计算的。就比如，拿餐具来说吧，刀叉、勺子等等算是单个的物品吗？因为中国制造了大量简单的小物件，这就会让他们超过其他国家了。

China seems really disproportionately biased towards the cheap and simple goods. If you take a phone for example, many are made outside of Canada and certainly at least their components are often made in other countries.

中国制造似乎不成比例地偏向一些廉价、工艺简单的产品。如果你拿一部手机举例的话，很多组件都是（我们）加拿大之外的其他国家生产的。

I bet Chinese made products are at least 50%.

我敢打赌，中国制造的产品至少有50%。

Fireball922
Honestly I'm amazed at 99% of the technology I have in my living room right now, and most of it probably came from China.

老实说，我现在客厅里99%的科技应用都让我感到惊讶，而且这些大部分都来自中国。

Confused_AF_Help
Economics of scale that's what. They spend hundreds of millions to get the best manufacturing equipment and pay for it by producing massive quantities

因为他们的规模经济。他们花了数亿美元来购买最好的生产设备，然后通过这些设备进行大量生产来赚钱。

GUMBYtheOG
Actually - China was the trade Mecca - hence the opium wars - everyone had stuff from China but China didn’t want anything from the rest of the world until the got them hooked on opium

事实上，中国是一个贸易大国，所以才会有了鸦片战争。每个人都买中国生产的东西，但中国却不想从世界其他地方买任何东西，直到外国人让他们迷上了鸦片。

jonny_ponny
So you are saying the situation is similar to today, where the world had a trade deficit with china?
Well here is the solution for trump, best get them hooked on opium or something.

你说的跟现在的状况很相似。世界各国对中国都存在贸易赤字。贸易战是特朗普的解决办法，最好是让中国人对鸦片或者什么东西上瘾才好。

BrohanGutenburg
China was the trade leader in the world for many many centuries. They exporting things like porcelain in such large quantities it is now known as China.

中国很多个世纪以来都是全球贸易的领导者。他们大量出口瓷器等产品，这就是中国被称为“China”的原因。（小写的china在英语中是瓷器的意思）

speech_freedom
That's why they launched two Opium Wars, because all the gold and silver went to China. In another 60 years, Opium War III will happen.

这就是为什么他们要发动两次鸦片战争的原因，因为所有的金银钱财都流向了中国。再过个60年，就要发生第三次鸦片战争了。



Furthermore, a lot of companies in China are working to improve quality and developing innovative systems. The idea that Chinese stuff is crappy is a few decades old, and really only applies to goods that are cheap in the first place.. I mean what can one expect out of a knife that costs $1 anyway?

除此之外，中国有许多公司正在努力提升质量、完善研发创新系统。认为中国产品很垃圾，这是几十年之前的看法了，而且也只适用于廉价商品。我的意思是，对于一把1美元的刀，人们还期待什么啊？