"The English used to call the Dutch the Chinese of Europe," he says with a smile. The implication, not entirely friendly, was that the Dutch, like the Chinese of southeast Asia, are "little merchants."
「很久以前英國人形容荷蘭是『歐洲的中國』」，伊教授笑說，英國佬的意思不大友善，是譏諷荷蘭人跟南洋華僑一樣，都是「小商人」。