"East and West each had their strengths," says one management consultant from Paris. "Since the Chinese artisans of the time made things so well and so cheaply, why should we in the West have gone to all the trouble of producing them?
「東西各有所長啊」，一位巴黎的管理學者表示：「當年既然中國工匠做得又好又便宜，何勞我們西方人苦苦生產？