Recently in the news I was reading an article about
ラ鋻・メヤレミツ闻タ・エオスメサニェホトユツ
a rule that was passed in the United States concerning American Flags.
テタケ晥クョヘィ过チヒメサ项针对テタケ彧憘・トキィーク
The rule, pushed by senator Mike Thompson from California
这项法案モノシモヨンオト迈ソヒ汤ニユノュイホ议员ヘニミミ
condemned the use of non-American-made flags to be used by the military
ヒ・ォキヌテタケ晗ニヤ・トケ憘・レ军队タ・ケモテ视为キクラï
The Factory of the World - That is the name that many people have given to China.
ハタス邨トケ、ウァ——コワカ猜ヒスォ这ク?錥ヨヒヘ给ヨミケú
This day of age it is really rare to have a product
ヤレス?・ャメム经コワ难ユメオスメサシ东ホ÷
that is not fully or at least has parts that were not produced in China.
ヒ・トヒ?ミイソキヨカシイサハヌヨミケ晗ニヤ・ト
The original incentive for pushing so many factories to China was mainly due to
ラ鋧?ォネ邏ヒカ犒トケ、ウァヘニオスヨミケ惕エスィヤ・ト原因ハヌ
companies outsourcing production to a country where human labor wascheap.
エ?ォヒセマ・ォノ??方�箍??サク鲇�ミチョシロ劳动チヲオトケ恝メタエラö
The iconic iPhone from Apple is one of the big giants that moved its production to China.
ニサケ鄧ォヒセオト经オ洳憘キ」ャiPhone」ャセヘハヌメサク?フ业ゼ头スォノ??谱?ナオスヨミケ嶹トタラモ
It is kind of ironic that it is a symbol of the soft power of the United States
说ニ?エ颇モミ讽エフメ簧カオトハヌ」ャ这样メサク?タケ?硎�ヲオトエ﨑í
but it is produced in China.
セケネサハヌヨミケ晗ニヤ・ト
Present day China no longer has the lowest wages in the world.
现ヤレ」ャヨミケ昮ム经イサヤルハヌハタス酲マケ、资ラ鋙ヘオトオリキス
However, it has now evolved into a country
ネサカ?ャヨミケ昮ム经进サッチヒ
that is well versed in shipping items in every corner of the world.
变ウノチヒメサク?ォヘィモレスォノフニキ输ヒヘオスハタス酲マテソメサク?ヌツ莊トケ恝メ
Although the wages have risen in China, the tight location of factories
尽管中国的工资标准已经上扬
and a deregulated economy still makes it a favorable ground for many other giants.
テワシッオトケ、ウァコヘス箋ケワヨニオト经济フ袞オネヤネサハケオテヨミケ摠ワオスク?ヨノフ业ゼ头オトヌ囗ù
With a culture of producing so many items to be shipped to other countries,
中国有着丰富的制造出口商品的经验
it was just a matter of time till China as a whole
シルメヤ时ネユ
would learn how to perfectly replicate items that are popular abroad.
ヨミケ晙魑�サク?銧螢ャスォトワ够ムァサ睚郤ホヘ・タオリクエヨニトヌミゥセウヘ簔?ミオトノフニキ
The most famous case out of all of these “copies” is probably Facebook’s Chinese equivalent of ネヒネヒ.
ラ靑?遧トメサク?ラモセヘハヌ脸书オトヨミケ嵓豎セ」ャネヒネヒヘø
With the slow integration of VPNs (Virtual Private Network) in China,
ヒ贐ナミ槟庾�テヘ?逎ィVPN」ゥヤレヨミケ嶹トヨ鸾�ユシー
people traveling abroad a lot more and the foreign influence of people living in China,
ヒ贐ナネヒ们ク・犒リウ?惲テモホ」ャク・犒リハワオスヘ篁昀トサッオトモーマì
people have started to long for the “actual” thing.
ネヒ们ソェハシソハヘ鈹ケモテコヘフ逖鯱篁昤ュー豬ト。ーユ婊?ア
Instead of going to the fake Paris in Sky City located in Zhejiang,
ネヒ们イサヤクネ・ユ羶ュフ・シウヌソエトヌク?ツヤ・トーヘタè
people have started to fly to the real Paris to see the real Eifel Tower.
カ?鰆ク飞オスユ贏オトーヘタ霾・ソエソエユ贏オトー」キニ尔铁ヒ
From producing for others to copying to now innovating.
エモメサソェハシオト为别ネヒノ?奣ャオス现ヤレオトラヤホメ创ミツ
Innovation, this was now the next step that China has taken.
创ミツ」ャ这セヘハヌヨミケ?�レユヤレ迈ウ?トミツオトメサイス
The best example of that may be “Weibo” which is for lack of better words
ラ鋓テオトタラモメイ许セヘハヌホ「イゥチヒ
an “innovation” of twitter but that was adapted to the Chinese market.
ホ「イゥソノメヤ说オテノマハヌサ?レヨミケ摠ミ场クトチシオトヘニフリ
This “adapting” to the market is the China that I have been observing in the last few years.
这ヨヨ针对市场的调节改良,就是我最近几年来观察到的中国
Instead of copying the Hummer, that China bought the Hummer and made it better.
ヨミケ愑サモミネ・クエヨニコキ马」ャカ?ヌ买マツチヒヒ・「イ「スォヒ?莊テク・テ
Filtering the best from abroad,
对モレヘ篁嶹ト东ホ?ャヨミケ抦。ニ萓ォ华」ャネ・ニ蕚翦ノ
that China has managed to create cities overnight
成功地将城市一夜之间改头换面
that are becoming more efficient and better planed than the previous one.
カ?簟ゥミツオトウヌハミ」ャアネ过ネ・オトク?�゚ミァ。「ク・ミ规サョ
In old cities like Beijing & Shanghai, a gentrification process started
ヤレケナタマオトウヌハミタ・ャネ邀アセゥコヘノマコ」」ャウヌハミハソ绅サッソェハシチヒ
where old buildings are being eradicated to give place to new ones.
セノオトスィヨアサヘニオケ」ャ为ミツオトスィヨ让路
If one leaves a location behind and returns after five years or so,
ネ郢鋐サク?ヒタ・ェメサク?リキス」ャ过ノマホ蠧・ルサリネ・ソエ
the odds are that the landscape will have totally changed.
这个ウヌハミオトセーノォコワソノトワメム经ヘ・ォイサメサ样チヒ
To others this is a China that is heading towards modernization
对モレ有些ネヒタエ说」ャ这エ﨑碜乓桓稣?诓较蛳执??闹泄ú
but from my point of view, this is likewise a China that is slowly losing its own image.
オォハヌホメ觉オテ」ャ这ヘャ样メイエ﨑碜胖泄??谥鸾ナ?チ耸粲谧约旱男蜗ó
Many things are made in China to be sold abroad but not in China.
コワカ喽�?レヨミケ晗ニヤ・ヌ仅仅モテモレウ?レオト
Many things are made in China based on the needs of people abroad
コワカ嘣谥泄???亩?髦晃?寺?阃夤?说男枰a
but not the needs of the people living in China.
カ?サハヌヨミケ抦ヒラヤシコオトミ靨ェ
What is made in China for China by Chinese people
对モレトヌミゥヨミケ抦ヒノ?嶹ト」ャヤレヨミケ晗ニヤ・ト」ャヌメ仅仅キ务モレヨミケ抦ヒラヤシコオト产ニキ
I feel is not looked at very highly inside China in the first place.
ホメクミ觉エモメサソェハシセヘアサヨミケ抦ヒラヤシコ轻视チヒ
In the quest to become the world’s factory
ヤレテヒ?ノ为ハタス邨トケ、ウァオト过ウフヨミ
has China lost along the way a portion of its identity?
ヨミケ摠ヌイサハヌメム经ヨ鸾�ァネ・チヒメサイソキヨラヤシコオトフリミヤ」ソ
Starting this year, I personally think that the next step for China as a society
エモス?・ェハシ」ャホメク?ヒ认为ヨミケ晙魑�サク?扈嵊Ω�ノネ。オトエ・ゥハヌ
is to start creating an image that China itself is proud of.
ソェハシスィチ「メサク?ミケ晙ヤシコ为ヨョ骄ーチオトミホマó
It is finally time for people to realize that
终于在此刻」ャネヒ们可以メ馐�ス
“Made for China” can sound a lot better than “Made in China”.
。ー为ヨミケ巐?・アソノメヤアネ。ーヨミケ晗ニヤ・アフニ?エク・テ
It is finally time for China to realize that
终于在此刻」ャヨミケ?梢�馐�ス
what has accomplished has been built on the backs of its citizens.
トヌミゥヨミケ嶹トウノセヘハヌスィチ「ヤレヨミケ抦ヒテ?ト汗水之上的
It is finally time for China to value what essentially makes China China.
终于在此刻」ャヨミケ?梢�ェハシ重视オスオラハヌハイテエウノセヘチヒヨミケú