Every country has its toolshed inventors. But China—which gave the world movable type printing, gunpowder and the compass—has spawned a population of tinkerers who display the kind of outsize ambition that has helped the country become a global economic giant.
每个国家都有它专属的草根发明家。但是中国——这个曾经为世界贡献了活字印刷术、火药和指南针的国家——激励了一批喜欢捣鼓小发明的人,这些人展现出的勃勃雄心也已帮助中国成为了一个全球经济大国。