Name: 中國還是發展中國家嗎？ (Is China Still a Developing Country?)
Uploaded: 2018-05-15T14:07:48.000Z
Duration: 7 min 23 s

So is China a rich developed country or still developing country

那麼，中國到底是富裕的發達國家，還是還在發展中的國家呢？

I mean potato potato, does it even matter what you call it?

我是說洋芋洋芋，你叫它什麼都無所謂嗎？

Welcome back to China Uncensored. I'm Chris Chappell

歡迎回到《中國無刪減》。我是Chris Chappell

International trade what a beautiful thing!

國際貿易是一件多麼美好的事情!

exotic products like bananas or coffee or Raisinets.

異國產品，如香蕉、咖啡或葡萄乾。

as long as you don't think too hard about where those low prices come from

只要你不仔細想一想這些低價從哪裡來。

international trade is a competitive game.

國際貿易是一場競爭性的遊戲。

You know, everyone has their different styles of trading.

你知道，每個人都有自己不同的交易風格。

This guy definitely seems like a protectionist.

這傢伙絕對像是一個保護主義者。

And though it may not always seem like it,

And if you break the rules in the ring, there are consequences.

而如果你在擂臺上違反了規則，就會有後果。

In international trade, there's no UFC, but there is the WTO or the World Trade Organization.

在國際貿易中，沒有UFC，但有WTO或世界貿易組織。

Like an octagon where bureaucrats in suits thrash out their differences on trade issues

就像一個八角形，西裝革履的官僚們在貿易問題上爭論不休。

Unfortunately. they actually do it seated at conference tables and not in the Octagon.

不幸的是，他們實際上是坐在會議桌上，而不是在八角籠裡。

But settling disputes about whether countries are playing by the rules isn't the only thing the WTO does.

但解決各國是否遵守規則的爭議並不是WTO唯一的工作。

Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly predictably and freely as possible.

它的主要職能是確保貿易流動儘可能地平穩、可預測和自由。

And besides settling disputes and reducing trade tensions it also helps poor countries develop,

而除了解決爭端、緩解貿易緊張局勢外，還能幫助窮國發展。

and gives the weaker countries a stronger voice

That means weaker or developing countries get preferential treatment.

這意味著弱國或開發中國家得到優惠待遇。

Imagine a UFC match where the weaker opponent gets all kinds of handicaps.

想象一下，在UFC比賽中，較弱的對手會得到各種盤口。

He's allowed to occasionally eye gouge you.

who's an expert at complaining about things on Twitter, put it this way:

誰'是Twitter上抱怨事情的專家，這樣說。

but it's considered a developing nation by the WTO.

They therefore get tremendous perks and advantages.

是以，他們得到了巨大的福利和好處。

Which give developing countries special rights.

And for the Chinese government being able to claim

developing country status has been a pretty sweet deal.

開發中國家地位已經是一個相當甜蜜的交易。

Like in the area of government procurement.

When the Chinese government buys stuff it's allowed to

當中國政府購買東西時，它被允許'。

discriminate against foreign companies by favoring higher priced and lower quality

domestic providers over lower priced and higher quality foreign providers.

國內供應商，而不是價格較低、品質較高的外國供應商；

The US government is not allowed to do that and

美國政府是不允許這樣做的，而且。

developed countries like the US are supposed to give developing countries special breaks

發達國家，如美國，應該給開發中國家以特殊的優惠政策

like setting low tariffs on goods from developing countries.

比如對開發中國家的商品設置低關稅。

But developing countries can set high tariffs on goods from developed countries.

但開發中國家可以對發達國家的商品設置高額關稅。

That means for example that US companies have a harder time selling their stuff in China

比如說，這意味著美國公司在中國賣東西更難了

The WTO also encourages developed countries like the U.S.

to share technology with developing countries.

That doesn't mean China is allowed to just steal intellectual property.

這並不意味著中國可以隨便竊取知識產權。

But it does mean the WTO often turns a blind eye to it.

但這確實意味著WTO往往對此視而不見。

So basically when China steps into the Octagon against the US or Europe the WTO refs

是以，基本上當中國與美國或歐洲對立時，WTO裁判就會進入八角形。

Let China wear body armor and they look the other way when China gets in one of those eye gouges.

讓中國穿上防彈衣，中國被人挖了眼，他們就會另眼相看。

Some of these WTO advantages really do make sense for developing countries like Jamaica.

世貿組織的一些優勢對牙買加這樣的開發中國家來說確實很有意義。

It would be unfair if big foreign companies came in and just totally dominate that Jamaican economy.

如果外國大公司進來，完全支配牙買加的經濟，那就不公平了。

To make it ought to be given the time to develop its own industries like sugar and coffee and Bob Marley.

要讓它有時間發展自己的產業，比如糖、咖啡和鮑勃-馬利。

But China's economy is a thousand times bigger.

In fact, China's economy is larger than the economy of every single developed country except the US

事實上，中國'的經濟規模超過了除美國以外的所有單一發達國家的經濟規模。

So does it still make sense to treat China as a developing country?

那麼，把中國當成開發中國家還有意義嗎？

好吧，你猜怎麼著：它'很複雜。

When China started applying to join the WTO back in 1986, it was poor.

早在1986年，中國開始申請加入WTO時，就很窮。

the average gross domestic product or GDP was about

平均國內生產總值或國內生產總值約為

Compare that to nineteen thousand per person for the U.S. at the time.

對比當時美國的人均一萬九千。

According to the International Monetary Fund

China's per capita GDP is now 25 times bigger

Jeremy Wallace a professor at Cornell University says China is complicated.

康奈爾大學教授傑里米-華萊士說，中國很複雜。

In many ways China is both a developed and a developing country.

在很多方面，中國既是發達國家，也是開發中國家。

The vast majority of Chinese people are poor and yet because China is such a huge country

絕大多數中國人都很窮，然而因為中國是一個如此龐大的國家

it is still the case that there are a huge number of rich people in China.

In fact, there are kind of more rich people in China than there are

事實上，中國的有錢人比有錢人更多。

Bjorn Conrad vice president of the Mercator Institute for China studies breaks it down like this:

墨卡託中國研究所副所長康瑞德（Bjorn Conrad）這樣分析。

developed country if you look at number of Starbucks or

發達國家，如果你看看星巴克的數量或

It's a developing country if you look at the numbers of doctors per capita or

這是一個開發中國家，如果你看人均醫生的數量或者是

percentage of the workforce that works in agriculture

從事農業工作的勞動力的百分比

Okay, China, has lots of Starbucks, but not enough doctors.

好吧，中國，有很多星巴克，但醫生不夠多。

Since the WTO gives certain advantages only to developing countries,

由於世貿組織只給開發中國家某些好處。

surely the WTO has a strict set of criteria to make this distinction, right?

世貿組織肯定有一套嚴格的標準來做這種區分，對吧？

Turns out, nope, the WTO has no official definition

原來，不對，WTO沒有正式定義。

Members announce for themselves whether they are developed or developing countries.

成員們自己宣佈他們是發達國家還是開發中國家。

Which is like letting each UFC fighter decide for themselves whether they're allowed to eye gouge their opponent.

這就好比讓每個UFC選手自己決定是否允許挖眼對手一樣。

And which do you think that Chinese Communist Party chose?

而你認為中國共產黨選擇了哪一個？