Third, as has always happened in the past, the world is trying with some difficulty to adjust to the arrival of a new and very big kid on the block. China has been the world’s largest country for millennia, and until the mid-nineteenth century it was the largest economy, too – mainly because it had so many consumers and producers.
第三，像以往一样，面对街道上新来的大孩子，世界正在艰难而努力的适应过程中。 中国千年以来一直是世界最大的国家，19世纪中叶以前也一直是最大的经济体，主要原因是有众多的生产者和客户。 情况很快又会和当时一样，即使按人均财富算中国也紧随阿尔巴尼亚，大致排在全世界百位左右。