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作為一個西方人，你認為中國哪裏需改進？
今濤拍案 ｜2023-02-06
“作為一個生活在中國的西方人，你認為中國有什麽需要改進？”這是美國網友在Quora上提的一個問題，這引起各國網友的圍觀，我們看看各國網友的回答。
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問題：作為一個居住在中國的西方人，你覺得中國有什麽需要改進的？
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波蘭網友阿爾麗莎的回答
I hope to see things improve, although it may not.
希望看到的事情有所改善，雖然可能不會。
1. Reduce the cost of imported goods. Because this can attract wealthy buyers, the price of imported goods is often too high. I don't eat in western restaurants, but I want to eat enough cheap sauce and spices at home. The cost of living in big cities is too high.
1.降低進口貨物的成本。因為這才能夠吸引富有的買家，進口商品往往價格過高。我不在西餐廳吃飯，但我想在家裏吃到足夠便宜的醬汁和香料，在大城市生活的成本太高了。
2. Improve the legal protection for renters and employees. This has created too many social problems. Although it is not universal, there must be problems.
2.完善對租房者和員工的法律保護。這產生太多社會問題了，雖然不具有普遍性，但肯定有問題。
3. Ticket price. Since Chinese are the most common tourists, making the price more affordable will encourage more people to visit these scenic spots. People do pay for travel, but it does make some people feel distressed when they spend money.
3.門票價格。由於中國人是最常見的遊客，使價格更實惠將鼓勵更多人前往這些景區。人們確實會付錢出遊，但這確實會讓一些人在花錢時覺得心疼。
4. Pay attention to promoting the growth of small and medium-sized brands. Many privately owned enterprises are unable to open or compete with loss-making enterprises that only use their own names to attract customers. This is the negative effect of domestic and international franchising.
4.注意促進中小品牌成長。許多個人擁有的企業無力開張，或難以與那些僅僅用自己的名字來吸引客戶的虧損企業競爭，這就是國內和國際特許經營帶來的負麵效應。
China is also getting better in many ways:
中國也有很多方麵正在變得更好：
1. More green space and appropriate financial funds to rotate trees/plants/flowers in the region.
1.更多的綠地，以及適當的財政資金來輪換該地區的樹木/植物/花卉。
2. Reduce the traffic jam on the road by increasing public transport.
2.通過增加公共交通來減少道路上擁堵的汽車。
3. Improve living standards in rural areas through reconstruction.
3.通過重建改善農村地區的生活水平。
I hope the following things will improve and change over time:
我希望以下這些事情會改善，並且會隨著時間的推移而改變：
1. Tiger mother and wolf father force children to compete.
1.虎媽狼爸，強迫孩子競爭。
2. The competitive pressure of adults is huge.
2.成年人的競爭壓力巨大。
3. Lack of fun in life. There are different understandings of what enjoyment is, but for me, the word "sense of responsibility" is too heavy. This is one aspect that I want to see this place change.
3.缺乏生活樂趣。對什麽是享受有不同的理解，但對我來說，“責任感”這個詞太沉重了，這是我希望看到這個地方改變的一個方麵。
Some things I like:
我喜歡的一些東西：
1. Food - Although in some places, food may not be healthy because of oil, it tastes good for me. Of course, with wealth, you will have more healthy choices.
1.食物——雖然在某些地方，因為油的緣故，食物可能不健康，但對我來說味道很好。當然，有了財富，你會有更多健康的選擇。
2. Free traffic - I hate driving in Canada. The constant stop signs and traffic make me feel a little stressed. I really like long-distance highways, but short trips make me tired. In China, I often ride an electric bike. I have never encountered any accident, so this problem is more important than anything else.
2.交通自由——我討厭在加拿大開車，不斷的停車標誌和交通讓我感到有點壓力，我確實喜歡長途公路，但短途旅行讓我很累。在中國，我經常騎電動自行車。從來都沒有遇到過任何事故，所以這個問題比任何其他事情都更重要。
3. Noise and silence. There are many places where you can go to make noise. Sometimes, you can go outside the city to find peace. They are not always quiet like other places where I live. In China, noise and quiet are opposite.
3.噪音和寂靜。有很多地方你可以去吵鬧。有時候，你可以到城外去尋找安靜。他們不像我住過的其他地方那樣總是寧靜的，在中國吵鬧和安靜是相對的。
4. Convenient transportation - from subway to bus, and then to general travel, I prefer it there. Similarly, for long-distance driving, I prefer Canada, but in general, I travel there more times.
4.交通便利——從地鐵到公交車，再到一般的旅行，我更喜歡那裏。同樣，對於長途駕駛，我更喜歡加拿大，但總的來說，我在那裏旅行的次數更多。
I'm sure I missed a lot of things that others might add. I hope it helps.
我確信我錯過了很多其他人可能會補充的東西，我希望這有幫助。
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西班牙網友克拉克的回答
My name is Clara. I studied and lived in Nottingham University, Ningbo. During my stay in China, I met some good and bad things. Not everything can be perfect. Some things I don't like are completely due to cultural differences. When you are born in an environment with a series of rules, from a social point of view, when you are repeating these rules all your life, it will make you feel uncomfortable to see that others do not follow these rules. This is often referred to as cultural shock. So in my opinion, the question is not so much what they should do better, but what kind of influence I have been affected by as a Westerner, because I do not abide by or violate these rules. Anyway, this is my view on this issue. I hope readers like it.
我叫克拉拉，曾在寧波諾丁漢大學學習和生活。在中國期間，我遇到了一些好事和壞事。並非每件事都可以完美。我不喜歡的一些事情完全是由於文化差異。當你出生在一個有著一係列規則的環境中，從社交角度來說，你一生都在重複這些規則時，看到別人不遵守這些規則會讓你感到不舒服。這通常被稱為文化衝擊。所以在我看來，這個問題與其說是他們應該做得更好，不如說是作為一個西方人，我受到了什麽樣的影響，因為我不遵守或違反了這些規則。無論如何，這是我對這個問題的看法，希望讀者們喜歡。
1. Too much noise!
1.噪聲太多了！
I come from a country where the noise is as natural as the sun. It is considered as one of the noisiest countries in Europe, even if not the noisiest (I just searched, Madrid is the sixth noisiest city in the world). Spain is a place where you can't talk in a coffee shop because everyone is buzzing at the same time.
我來自一個噪音像陽光一樣自然的國家，它被認為是歐洲最吵的國家之一，即使不是最吵的（我剛剛搜索過，馬德裏是世界上第六吵的城市）。西班牙是一個你不能在咖啡店說話的地方，因為每個人都在同一時間嗡嗡的叫。
But China has a completely different view on this matter. They have no sense of "public space" noise. In Spain, although some people speak loudly on the subway, you will certainly be embarrassed by annoying people. In China, people talk loudly on public transport. In China, people play music without headphones. In China, people watch videos without headphones. In China, people scream from one part of the store to another. Maybe it's because I'm not used to Chinese conversation, because Mandarin often has a lot of tone changes, but the places I go are always noisy. As a person from the loudest country in Europe, I still think it is very noisy here.
但中國對此事的看法完全不同。他們沒有“公共空間”噪音的感覺。在西班牙，盡管有些人在地鐵上大聲說話，你肯定會被討厭的人弄得臉色難看。在中國，人們會在公共交通工具上大聲交談。在中國，人們不戴耳機就播放音樂。在中國，人們不戴耳機看視頻。在中國，人們從商店的一個地方尖叫到另一個地方。也許是因為我不習慣漢語對話，因為普通話往往有很多聲調的變化，但我去的地方總是有噪音。作為一個來自歐洲最響亮國家的人，我仍然覺得這裏非常嘈雜。
2. Milk 8 euros, noodles 1.5 euros
2.牛奶8歐元，麵條1.5歐元
I think one of the strangest and sometimes annoying things is the absurd logic of price. I can't believe that a large bowl of noodles costs 1.5 euros and three apples costs 3 euros. Compared with snacks, mops are sometimes ridiculous. Going to the supermarket is always a good way to kill time. I always see this ridiculous thing mixed with different and new food that Spain can't find. If you want to maintain your eating habits in your country, it is impossible. Butter and milk are very expensive. Coffee is very expensive. Bread is considered a dessert, so it is more expensive to handle. Besides, it's sweet. When I first tried soft bread, I was puzzled because it was usually salty in Spain.
我認為最奇怪和有時令人討厭的事情之一是價格的荒謬邏輯。我不敢相信，一大碗麵條要1.5歐元，三個蘋果要3歐元。拖把和零食相比有時也是貴的荒謬。去超市總是消磨時間的好方法。我總是看到這種荒謬的東西和西班牙無法找到的不同和新的食物混合在一起。如果你想保持你在本國的飲食習慣，那是不可能的。黃油和牛奶很貴。咖啡很貴。麵包被認為是一種甜點，因此處理起來更貴。另外，它很甜。我第一次嚐試軟麵包時感到困惑，因為它在西班牙通常是鹹的。
3. If you don't have a bank account, you will be punished by life
3.如果你沒有銀行賬戶，你將會受到生活的懲罰
I am a stupid person. The senior student of my university said "you should create a bank account", but I didn't take it seriously. "After all, I can pay in cash". Hmm... I will always remember the first time I paid for the school canteen in cash. I was treated by a wonderful young man who asked me for money. I showed her a note. She laughed.
我是一個愚蠢的人。我大學的學長說“你應該創建一個銀行賬戶”，我沒放在心上。“畢竟我可以用現金支付”。嗯……我永遠記得我第一次用現金支付學校食堂的費用。我被一個很棒的年輕人招待了，她問我要錢。我在她麵前出示了一張紙條。她笑了起來。
Since my first payment, I have encountered many places where cash is considered a strange way of payment. Usually use QR code. Even in small street markets, you can see payment by QR code. Even in a deformed railway station, you must pay by QR code, and sometimes you do not accept cash. Believe me, it's wise to open a bank account so that you can make online payments through mobile phones and enter the wonderful world of Taobao.
自從我第一次付款後，我遇到了很多地方，現金被認為是一種奇怪的付款方式。通常使用二維碼。即使在小的街頭市場，你也可以看到二維碼付款。即使在畸形的火車站，你也必須通過二維碼付款，而且有時候不接受現金。相信我，明智一點，開立一個銀行賬戶，這樣你就可以通過手機進行在線支付，並進入淘寶這個奇妙的世界。
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中國網友Keene Li的回答
China is a developing country with advanced hardware infrastructure. For tourists, these cities do have wide streets, rich trees and gardens. People are generally very polite. Even the county seat has skyscrapers. At night, men drink at roadside stalls, women dance in the square, young people play basketball on the well-lit field, and many people jog or play with their pets. Visitors may be amused by the sight that China is a peaceful and prosperous advanced country. But all you can see is the surface. When you go deep and participate in it, you will find that many people are really backward and conservative.
中國是一個擁有先進硬件基礎設施的發展中國家。對遊客來說，這些城市的確擁有寬闊的街道、豐富的樹木和花園。人們一般都很有禮貌。即使是縣城也有摩天大樓。晚上，男人們在路邊小攤喝酒，女人們在廣場上跳舞，年輕人在光線充足的場地上打籃球，還有很多人和他們的寵物一起慢跑或玩耍。參觀者可能會被中國是一個和平繁榮的先進國家的景象逗樂。但你所能看到的隻是表麵，當你深入並參與其中時，你會發現許多人的心態真的很落後和保守。
Chinese students are picked up by their parents or grandparents. In addition to complicated traffic, another reason is the fear of traffickers. Human traffickers still exist. This is my colleague's story. Her mother was abducted from Guizhou or Sichuan Province to a village near my hometown, and was forced to marry her father and gave birth to her. When the girl was 100 days old, her mother ran away and never appeared again. My colleague complains that her mother left her, but how can you expect the love of a smuggled woman?
中國學生由父母或祖父母接送。除了複雜的交通之外，另一個原因是害怕人販子。人販子仍然存在。這是我同事的故事。她的母親從貴州或四川省被拐賣到到我家鄉附近的一個村莊，被迫嫁給了她的父親並生下了她。女孩100天大時，母親逃走了，從此再也沒有出現過。我的同事抱怨她的母親離開了她，但你怎麽能期待一個走私女人的愛呢？
Yes, there is indeed a film praising the love of an abducted woman. The woman, Gao Yanmin, was abducted from Henan to Quyang County, Hebei Province in 1994. In the process of being abducted and trafficked, she was tortured and violated. Finally, she was sold to a shepherd in a poor village as his wife. The "husband" often beats her after drinking. She tried to escape, but failed. She and her "husband" have a man and a woman. Since she is the only person in the village who graduated from junior high school, she has been employed as a teacher in a primary school since 2000. In 2006, her experience was widely reported and received widespread sympathy from the public.
是的，確實有一部電影讚美一個被拐賣女人的愛情。這名女子名叫郜豔敏，1994年從河南被拐到河北省曲陽縣。在被拐賣過程中，她遭到酷刑和侵犯。最後，她被賣給了一個貧窮村莊的牧羊人做妻子。“丈夫”經常酒後毆打她。她試圖逃跑，但失敗了。她和“丈夫”有一男一女。由於她是村裏唯一一個初中畢業的人，自2000年起，她被聘為一所小學的教師。2006年，她的經曆被廣泛報道，並獲得了公眾的廣泛同情。
Since May 2006, the true nature of the incident has gradually attracted the attention and coverage of many media; Gao Yanmin wants to remind innocent girls to beware of the demons in the crowd and not let the tragedy happen again by revealing her past to the reporter.
2006年5月起，事件本來麵目逐漸受到多家媒體關注和采訪報道；郜豔敏想通過對記者揭開自己的過往提醒一樣單純的少女們，提防那些人群中的惡魔，不要讓悲劇重演。
In 2007, she was rated as one of the "10 people who moved Hebei". In 2009, her experience was filmed into a film with a title, "Marry a woman in a mountain", which literally means to marry a woman in a mountain. The official English title is "The story of a kidnapped woman". In the movie, the girl was saved from the traffickers by a kind old man with borrowed money. Although his son loved her, he didn't do anything to force her, but finally won her heart. The film was released on the China Film Channel at 8 a.m. on April 22, 2009.
2007年，她被評為“10位感動河北的人物”之一，2009年，她的經曆被拍攝成了一部有標題的電影嫁給大山的女人，字麵意思是嫁到山上的女人。官方英文標題是《一個被綁架的女人的故事》。在電影中，女孩被一位好心的老人用借來的錢從人販子手中救了出來。雖然兒子愛她，但他沒有做任何事情來強迫她，但最終贏得了她的芳心。這部電影於2009年4月22日上午8點在中國電影頻道上映。
On the morning of July 30, 2015, Gao Yanmin complained that the continuous public attention and pressure made her and her family feel uneasy. She hoped that the public would stop disturbing her. She added that it was the traffickers, not her family, who needed to be blamed and accused. In the afternoon of the same day, officials from Quyang County came to her and told her that netizens disputed her very much and asked her to sign a letter of guarantee and no longer accept any interviews. Liu Xiangyang, who first disclosed the matter, was also suspended for no reason.
2015年7月30日上午，高豔敏抱怨說，持續的公眾關注和壓力讓她和家人感到不安。她希望公眾不要再打擾她了。她補充說，需要受到指責和指控的是人販子，而不是她的家人。當天下午，曲陽縣裏的官員來到她身邊，告訴她，網友們對她爭議很大，並要求她簽署一份保證書，不再接受任何采訪。最早披露此事的劉向陽也被莫名其妙地停職了。
In the next two days, Gao heard her fellow villagers gossiping about her donation and low teaching level. Worst of all, people said that she gained sympathy by destroying the image of the village.
在接下來的兩天裏，高聽到了她的同鄉們對她吞捐款和教學水平低的說三道四，最糟糕的是，人們稱她通過破壞村莊的形象獲得了同情。
It is unimaginable how backward the thoughts of some civilians are, and it is urgent to change. It has been more than ten years since this incident, and the times are developing and progressing. We believe that such incidents are becoming less and less under the official attention.
一些平民的思想多麽落後，這是無法想象的，更是亟待改變的。這件事已經過去十多年了，時代在發展和進步，我們相信這種事情在官方的關注下正在變得越來越少。
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美國網友凱特•埃文斯的回答
I am not Chinese, but I believe that China is an advanced country. Although it is still a "developing country", its infrastructure is several miles ahead of the rest of the world. Its urban planning is very good. Although there are pollution problems, however, pollution is only a phased problem and will soon disappear.
我不是中國人，但我相信中國是一個先進的國家。雖然它仍然是一個“發展中國家”，但它的基礎設施卻領先世界其他國家好幾英裏。它的城市規劃得很好，盡管也有汙染問題，然而，汙染隻是一個階段性問題，很快就會消失。
China is investing in subway projects in about 30 cities and has established subway networks in more than 25 cities. It has the longest high-speed train system in the world. It has sent probes and rovers to the moon and returned to the moon. It also built the world's fastest supercomputer. They also built floating solar panels in the river to absorb electricity. China is now focusing on automation and robotics, and will transition from a factory to a research and development center.
中國正在大約30個城市投資地鐵項目，已經在超過25個城市建立了地鐵網絡。它擁有世界上最長的高速列車係統。它已將探測器和漫遊車送上月球並返回月球。它還建造了世界上最快的超級計算機。他們還在河流中建造漂浮的太陽能電池板，以吸走電力。中國現在專注於自動化和機器人，並將從一個工廠過渡到研發中心。
In terms of social indicators, China attaches great importance to women's safety. In 2015, there were only 26000 cases of rape, gang rape and sexual assault in China, with a population of 1.4 billion. On the other hand, in 2015, there were about 150000 similar cases among the 300 million people in the United States. In 2015, the UK had about 97000 cases, including Scotland and Wales, with a population of 65 million, while India had 370000 cases and a population of 1.3 billion (note: rape and sexual assault were reported in every country in the world). For such a large population, the number of poor people is extremely low, less than 10%. China's happiness index is at the middle level. China's social indicators are actually better than many developed countries.
在社會指標方麵，中國高度重視婦女安全，2015年中國隻有2.6萬起強奸、輪奸和性侵案件，而人口有14億。另一方麵，2015年，美國3億人口中約有15萬起類似案件。2015年，英國有約9.7萬起案件，包括蘇格蘭和威爾士，人口6500萬，而印度有37萬起，人口13億（注：強奸和性侵在世界上每個國家都有報道）。對於如此龐大的人口來說，貧困人口數量極低，不到10%。中國的幸福指數處於中等水平。中國的社會指標實際上比許多發達國家要好。
Although China has many things to improve and there is room for further growth, this is true in almost every country. No country and its people are perfect. Murder and suicide rates are aggravated by stress, and climate change threatens mankind. Let us all unite to change the world.
雖然中國有很多事情需要改進，還有進一步增長的空間，但幾乎每個國家都是如此。沒有一個國家及其人民是完美的。謀殺和自殺率因壓力而惡化，氣候變化威脅著人類。讓我們所有人團結起來，改變世界。
