碰男华经海贸多大号 高级商务英语阅读 And,critics of free trade with China say,now it's not only blue-collar jobs that are leaving for the Middle Kingdom.Though a decade ago China was known mostly for manufacturing low-value, labor-intensive goods,in the past ten years,it's become a leading producer of low-end electronics, and has begun to develop domestic automobile,telecommunications and white goods firms.One Chinese white goods company,Haier,has even opened factories in the United States. In China itself,the situation is more complex.China may be an increasingly powerful competitor for U.S.firms,and in many respects,Shanghai looks like a modern equivalent of any U.S.capital.At ubertrendy coffee houses around Shanghai,smartly dressed young men and women chew over business on their trilling mobile phones.The city's high-rise skyline is dotted with cranes and construction equipment,and in brokerage houses near the Bund,Shanghai's waterfront,investors study market tickers intensely. But appearances can be deceiving.Despite the First World veneer of Shanghai,most Chinese companies remain far behind the United States in terms of application of technology and in overall productivity.What's more,many Chinese entrepreneurs remain stifled by a bewildering and often corrupt legal system,a bureaucracy still staffed by Communist officials with little knowledge of market economics,poor physical infrastructure and other major problems.Because of these obstacles,in many sectors,China is still years from competing with U.S.firms making expensive, higher-value goods.Most of what China does well is produce low-value items that aren't economically feasible to make in America anyway,since these lower-wage jobs left America decades ago anyway. U.S.businesses often complain about the health care,safety and pension regulations they have to deal with,but red tape in the United States pales in comparison to Chinese entrepreneurs'hassles. Howard Li,co-founder of Newtone,a Shanghai-based telecommunications company,says his company has to focus much of its energy on courting government officials,since the government in China essentially retains a monopoly over telecoms. Meanwhile,Chinese businesspeople in other sectors say that because Communist Party officials still have so much leverage over where companies can incorporate and who they can do business 第4页共7页高级商务英语阅读 And, critics of free trade with China say, now it's not only blue-collar jobs that are leaving for the Middle Kingdom. Though a decade ago China was known mostly for manufacturing low-value, labor-intensive goods, in the past ten years, it's become a leading producer of low-end electronics, and has begun to develop domestic automobile, telecommunications and white goods firms. One Chinese white goods company, Haier, has even opened factories in the United States. In China itself, the situation is more complex. China may be an increasingly powerful competitor for U.S. firms, and in many respects, Shanghai looks like a modern equivalent of any U.S. capital. At ubertrendy coffee houses around Shanghai, smartly dressed young men and women chew over business on their trilling mobile phones. The city's high-rise skyline is dotted with cranes and construction equipment, and in brokerage houses near the Bund, Shanghai's waterfront, investors study market tickers intensely. But appearances can be deceiving. Despite the First World veneer of Shanghai, most Chinese companies remain far behind the United States in terms of application of technology and in overall productivity. What's more, many Chinese entrepreneurs remain stifled by a bewildering and often corrupt legal system, a bureaucracy still staffed by Communist officials with little knowledge of market economics, poor physical infrastructure and other major problems. Because of these obstacles, in many sectors, China is still years from competing with U.S. firms making expensive, higher-value goods. Most of what China does well is produce low-value items that aren't economically feasible to make in America anyway, since these lower-wage jobs left America decades ago anyway. U.S. businesses often complain about the health care, safety and pension regulations they have to deal with, but red tape in the United States pales in comparison to Chinese entrepreneurs' hassles. Howard Li, co-founder of Newtone, a Shanghai-based telecommunications company, says his company has to focus much of its energy on courting government officials, since the government in China essentially retains a monopoly over telecoms. Meanwhile, Chinese businesspeople in other sectors say that because Communist Party officials still have so much leverage over where companies can incorporate and who they can do business 第 4 页 共 7 页