翻译:ChinamaywellbethefavoritewhippingboyofmanufacturersintheUnitedStatesthesedays.Butinthedevelopingworld,thecountryisbecomingthetradingpartnerofchoice,drawinginairplanesfromBrazil,soybeansfromArgentinaandseafoodfromMalaysia,boostingeconomiesandleadingtonewpoliticalalliances.Thegrowingappetiteoftheworld’mostspopulousnationhasmadeChinaanewsourceofincomeforthedevelopingeconomiesofSouthAmericaandAsia.“China’sboomingimportsfromdevelopingcountriesespeciallyofcommodities——arenotonlyhelpinggrowthincountriesfromBraziltoAfrica,butarealreadyreshapinginternationaltraderelations,”saidKennethRogoff,aneconomicsprofessoratHarvardUniversity.DevelopedcountriesalsoaresendingmoregoodstoChins,theworld-largesteconomy,withanestimated’ssixth$1.334trilliongrossdomesticproductin2003,accordingtotheIMF.
翻译:It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education.
翻译:Driving southward from Cairo into the valley, I entered a landscape that owed little to the present era.