Some people say that the twenty-first century will be the "Pacific century." However, last year the development of the EC went very smoothly and it is now very strong, so next will come the "Atlantic century" and the "Pacific century" will come a bit later.
有人說廿一世紀是「太平洋世紀」，不過去年歐市的發展很順，力量很大，所以今後仍是「大西洋時代」，「太平洋時代」會晚點來。