但在中国文化中，是可以问这些问题的。
中国确实有巨大盈余，但在前“金融危机国”中，只有马来西亚的盈余很大(占gdp的11%)。
China has a big surplus, but of the former "crisis countries" only Malaysia has a large surplus (11% of GDP).
中国排名91位。它在某些指标上表现很好，但在有关信贷市场和企业经营许可的法律环境中存在许多障碍。
China ranks at 91-with strong performance in some indicators but many obstacles in the legal environment for credit markets and business licenses.
在中国，农村人口在达到大学入学年龄的人口中占56%，但在大学生总数中仅占50%，而且大多集中在知名度不高的大学。
Across China, peasants make up 56 percent of the college-age population but only 50 percent of university students, mostly concentrated in China's less prestigious universities.
但在各种负面新闻中，却可找出一条鼓舞人心的线索：中国的大宗商品产出存在局限，这为自然资源行业勾画出更为光明的前景。
But amid all the negative news there was, nonetheless, an encouraging clue about the limits of China's domestic commodities output that paints a brighter outlook for the natural resources sector.
直到2004年中国的贸易顺差都是先对适中的，但在随后两年却突飞猛进。
Until 2004 China's surplus was relatively modest, but it soared over the next two years (see chart 2).
尽管中国的劳动法基本上是支持工人的，但在实践中，违法行为随处可见，法律执行力度有限。
Although Labour laws in China are largely sympathetic to workers, in practice violations are widespread and enforcement is limited.
但在美国几个专业学会评出的影响人类20世纪生活的20项重大发明中，中国人无人问津。
However, no Chinese names are on a list of 20 inventions of the 20th century that affected people's lives, which was made by several US professional institutions.
即便有人认为中国的问题是缺乏中央监管，但在实际工作中仅靠这些措施恐怕也难以解决实际上述问题。
Even if one accepts that China's problem is a lack of centralized food regulation, there are few signs that any of these steps would address that shortcoming in practice.
而首席执行官维克多·穆勒还希望为公司注资，撑到10月中旬，期待届时中国的一桩经销交易能够雪中送炭，但在如今这种经济环境中，没人会抱太大希望。
CEO Victor Muller still hopes to finance the company until mid-October when a Chinese distribution deal kicks in, but in today's economic environment nobody is holding their breath.
我做过一些市场调查，也了解到贵公司的产品在韩国开始推广中，但在中国的推广还在起步阶段。
I have take some marketing and know your company products have extended in Korea, but it's just a underway in China.
但在我访问过的官员中，不止一个将中国经济比作一艘大船，这艘船不可能在短时间内发生大变动。
But more than one of the people I spoke with likened the Chinese economy to a large ship that can't turn on a dime.
到了七月中旬，日本上方的梅雨开始减弱，但在中国梅雨仍然保留它的特性和结构，典型地在七八月份覆盖在长江流域。
By mid-July, the tsuyu has begun to weaken over Japan, but the mei-yu retains its identity and structure in China, typically lying over the Yangtze valley in July and August.
中国古代文论，虽然并未在哲学层面对“惊奇”有系统的研究，但在文学的创作和评论中，“惊奇”是一个重要的审美标准。
Although it has not been systematically considered in the philosophic level of ancient Chinese literary theory, it still came to be a critical criterion in literary writings and comments.
在中国和印度等国家女性堕胎流产胎儿的案例屡见不鲜，但在美国和加拿大某些种族群体中，也明显存在着堕胎现象。
Female feticide — aborting girls — isn't unusual in countries including India and China, but it's apparently also happening in some ethnic groups in Canada and the US.
周作人的美文《故乡的野菜》，不但在其自己的创作生涯中，乃至中国现代散文史上，都是一个里程碑式的篇章。
The Potherb of hometown by Zhou Zuoren is a milestone not only in his writing career but also on the Chinese modern essays history.
中国教育尽管有缺点，自有其长处，而西方教育在观念上虽进步，但在实践中往往是倒退的。
Chinese education, for all its faults, has merits, while Western education, however progressive in ideology, is often regressive in practice.
中国教育尽管有缺点，自有其长处，而西方教育在观念上虽进步，但在实践中往往是倒退的。
Chinese education, for all its faults, has merits, while Western education, however progressive in ideology, is often regressive in practice.
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