But, while it may be natural for Western businessmen to compare China with other developing countries, Chinese citizens have much higher standards, because they do not regard theirs as just another developing country. They view China as special, a re-emerging great power bound to join the ranks of the world’s most advanced countries, and the governance practices that their newspapers cite as models are invariably those of rich societies, not developing ones.
虽然西方商人把中国与其他发展中国家相比较是很自然的事情，但是中国公民有着更高的标准，因为他们没有把中国仅仅当做一个发展中国家。他们认为中国是一个特别的，重新崛起的大国，必然会加入世界上最先进国家的行列，并且报纸上总是引用富裕社会而非发展中国家的治理实践作为样板。事实上，侮辱中国人的一个最有效方法就是告诉他们，他们应该感到幸运，因为他们比印度人或巴西人拥有一个更好的政府。