Everybody from Lou Dobbs to Paul Krugman is beating up on China. China, we are told, is cheating. It is cheating by making it harder for western companies to invest there and for stealing their technology when they do. It is cheating by directing cheap credit to favoured industries. It is cheating by allowing companies that operate in China to pay their workers less and pollute more. Above all, it is cheating by manipulating its currency, suppressing the value of the renminbi to make its exports super-competitive.
從盧•多布斯(Lou Dobbs)到保羅•克魯格曼(Paul Krugman),所有人都在攻擊中國,紛紛指責中國正在「耍花招」。加大西方企業在華投資難度是在耍花招,允許外企投資、但竊取技術也是耍花招。通過指令方式引導低息貸款進入政策傾斜的行業是在耍花招。允許在華經營的企業向員工支付較低工資、製造更多汙染也是花招。最重要的是,操縱匯率、壓低人民幣幣值,從而使本國出口產品具有超強的競爭力,更是一種花招。