German Chancellor Angela Merkel has just visited Beijing, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy likely to follow soon. Both are surely aware that China’s surging exports last year helped it surpass the US as Europe’s largest foreign supplier.
德国总理默克尔刚刚抵达北京，而法国总统萨尔科奇不久也可能造访。两位领导人当然都知道中国去年大幅上升的出口使得其超越美国而成为欧盟最大的外国供应国。