China’s low-paid, reasonably productive manufacturing workers and high-quality infrastructure (roads, power, ports, and communications) has set the standard for competitiveness globally. As a result, low-skilled workers in Egypt, the US, and other countries must either raise their productivity enough to compete at a decent wage, or accept extremely low pay or outright unemployment.
全球的劳动力市场如今早已实现了联网。来自美国或者埃及这些不同国家的青年人必须与来自中国和印度的青年人同台竞争。中国那些低薪水要求但生产力更高的制造业工人以及高质量的基础设施（公路，电力，港口和通信设施）已经为全球竞争设定了新的标杆。相比之下，埃及，美国以及其他国家那些低技术工人要么提高自己的生产力来挣得一份体面的工资，要么只能忍受极端低下的薪水或者彻底失业。