In some cases, for wastepaper for example, it can be cheaper to ship it to China than send it over rail or road in Europe.

以废纸为例，有时候，装船运到中国可能比欧洲境内的铁路或公路运输还要便宜。

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Astonishingly, it can be cheaper to ship goods to the United States from China than from Central America, according to a World Bank study.

令人惊讶的是，根据世界银行的研究，从中国往美国运货居然比从中美洲运货便宜。

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FOR power stations on the coast of China, it is often cheaper to import coal by sea from Indonesia than from mines in the interior.

对于中国沿海的发电站来说，从印度尼西亚由海路进口煤炭往往比从内地煤矿运购更划算。

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"Manufacturers saw that it was cheaper to manufacture in Bangladesh and places like Cambodia than China, especially to those manufacturers in Europe, where transportation was cheaper than from China, " says Katie Quan, associate chair of the University of California, Berkeley, Center for Labor Research and Education.

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After adjusting for differences in purchasing power it is cheaper even than in China (see chart 3).

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Water is cheaper in China than in countries with abundant supplies.

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