中国的进口奇迹

China’s Import Miracle

1987年意大利经济首次超越英国时，这具有里程碑意义的时刻被称为＂大超越＂。报纸报道了罗马街头的庆祝活动。但最近一件意义重大的事件发生了却没有动静：中国终于取代德国成为全球头号出口大国。根据位于日内瓦的“全球贸易信息服务公司”汇集的海关数据，2009年前10个月，中国出口了9570亿美元商品，高于德国的9170亿美元。

When the Italian economy first overtook Britain＇s, the landmark 1987 moment was dubbed＂Il Sorpasso＂. Newspa-pers reported celebrations in the streets of Rome. A far more momentous3 rite of passage4 has just occurred with little fuss： China has finally arrived at the top of the rankings of global exporters, displacing Germany. China exported $957bn of goods in the first 10 months of 2009, compared with $917bn for Germany,