A more subtle reason for Western executives’ perceptions is their subconscious frame of reference when assessing Chinese officials. Senior executives of multinational companies tend to have pre-conceived notions of China as just another developing country, and thus evaluate Chinese officials by comparing them with those in other developing countries.
西方高管产生这些看法的另一个更微妙原因，是他们在评估中国官员时心里存在着一个潜意识的参照框架。跨国公司的高级管理人员往往有先入为主的观念，他们仅仅把中国看作其中一个发展中国家，因此评估中国官员时也与其他发展中国家的官员相比较。