whooo_me
Today, if you had something made in China 300 years ago, most people would be impressed too.
今天，如果你擁有一件300年前的“中國製造”，所有人還是會印象深刻的。
blackhairedbeauty
I'm still pretty impressed at stuff they make.
他們製造出來的東西依然令我印象深刻。
Notentirely-accurate
800 years ago, if you had something made in America, people would be impressed.
如果你擁有一件800年前的“美國製造”，那所有人都會印象深刻的。
註釋： 美國是1776年7月4號才獨立建國的，距今還不到300年。
-Im_Batman-
800 years ago, if you had something made in America, people would be like, "What the fuck is an America?".
如果你擁有一件800年前的“美國製造”，那人們的反應會是這樣的：“美國是個啥東西？”
JazzboTN
300 years ago the East India Company was importing silk, porcelain and tea from China. The tea became so popular the government taxed it which caused some people to revolt.
300年前，東印度公司從中國進口絲綢、瓷器和茶葉。後來，茶葉開始廣受歡迎，英國政府就對茶葉徵稅，此舉激起了很多人的反抗。
BrandiMS13
I was watching family feud and one of the fast cash questions was, "what percentage of items in your home are made in China?" The lady answered 10%. I thought to myself, "wow, she has no clue!"
我之前看家庭問答（美國一檔節目）的時候，他們有問到一個問題：“你家裡的東西有百分之幾是中國製造的？”那位女士回答有10%。我當時心裡想，“哇，她真是一點也不瞭解情況啊！”
pmmeamilleniumfalcon
Which actually makes me sad. The global system of construction, development, trade and transport is a miracle, and most people are completely ignorant to it.
這恰恰是讓我很傷心的地方。全球體系的建設發展、貿易和交通運輸都是一個奇蹟，而大多數人卻對此一無所知。
-PM_Me_Reddit_Gold-
The other 90% is just from different Asian countries.
那剩下的90%是其他亞洲國家制造的。
ACoderGirl
I wonder what the number really is? I wanna say ballpark 80%, but it would depend a lot on how we count things. Like, take cutlery. Is every individual fork, spoon, etc a single item? Because lots of small, simple things are Chinese made, so they'll overwhelm the rest.
我很好奇真實的百分比是多少呢？我會說大概有80%吧，但是這也很大取決於我們怎麼計算的。就比如，拿餐具來說吧，刀叉、勺子等等算是單個的物品嗎？因為中國製造了大量簡單的小物件，這就會讓他們超過其他國家了。
China seems really disproportionately biased towards the cheap and simple goods. If you take a phone for example, many are made outside of Canada and certainly at least their components are often made in other countries.
中國製造似乎不成比例地偏向一些廉價、工藝簡單的產品。如果你拿一部手機舉例的話，很多組件都是（我們）加拿大之外的其他國家生產的。
I bet Chinese made products are at least 50%.
我敢打賭，中國製造的產品至少有50%。
Fireball922
Honestly I'm amazed at 99% of the technology I have in my living room right now, and most of it probably came from China.
老實說，我現在客廳裡99%的科技應用都讓我感到驚訝，而且這些大部分都來自中國。
Confused_AF_Help
Economics of scale that's what. They spend hundreds of millions to get the best manufacturing equipment and pay for it by producing massive quantities
因為他們的規模經濟。他們花了數億美元來購買最好的生產設備，然後通過這些設備進行大量生產來賺錢。
GUMBYtheOG
Actually - China was the trade Mecca - hence the opium wars - everyone had stuff from China but China didn’t want anything from the rest of the world until the got them hooked on opium
事實上，中國是一個貿易大國，所以才會有了鴉片戰爭。每個人都買中國生產的東西，但中國卻不想從世界其他地方買任何東西，直到外國人讓他們迷上了鴉片。
jonny_ponny
So you are saying the situation is similar to today, where the world had a trade deficit with china?
Well here is the solution for trump, best get them hooked on opium or something.
你說的跟現在的狀況很相似。世界各國對中國都存在貿易赤字。貿易戰是特朗普的解決辦法，最好是讓中國人對鴉片或者什麼東西上癮才好。
BrohanGutenburg
China was the trade leader in the world for many many centuries. They exporting things like porcelain in such large quantities it is now known as China.
中國很多個世紀以來都是全球貿易的領導者。他們大量出口瓷器等產品，這就是中國被稱為“China”的原因。（小寫的china在英語中是瓷器的意思）
speech_freedom
That's why they launched two Opium Wars, because all the gold and silver went to China. In another 60 years, Opium War III will happen.
這就是為什麼他們要發動兩次鴉片戰爭的原因，因為所有的金銀錢財都流向了中國。再過個60年，就要發生第三次鴉片戰爭了。
Furthermore, a lot of companies in China are working to improve quality and developing innovative systems. The idea that Chinese stuff is crappy is a few decades old, and really only applies to goods that are cheap in the first place.. I mean what can one expect out of a knife that costs $1 anyway?
除此之外，中國有許多公司正在努力提升質量、完善研發創新系統。認為中國產品很垃圾，這是幾十年之前的看法了，而且也只適用於廉價商品。我的意思是，對於一把1美元的刀，人們還期待什麼啊？
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