中国：站到最后的人？
China: Last Man Standing?
Cento:
... back to the rising superpower theme, this serves as an excellent illustration of a major point of mine: to become a superpower, you really don’t need to have a plan for world domination. You only need to be the last man standing when everyone else has already collapsed.
It will be very interesting to find out how long China will stand? The Chinese government is running the distinct risk of using all its bullets too early, and not having any left if the depression continues over a prolonged period. If that happens, the only thing China can do is inflate its way out. Another article point out the risk of this approach:
If the depression is long and this scenario plays out, then China will become a very short-lived superpower, and will only be standing a very short time before it collapses on top of the heap with the other former superpowers.
You only win when you can walk away after the battle. Otherwise it is just a pyhrric victory.
(Trouble is, pyhrric victory is a western term which does not an equivalent in Chinese.)
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I'd figure, for the phrase "pyhrric victory" --> “惨胜”？
2008年12月经济统计数据 （摘要）
琼斯通讯社昨日透露，从消息人士处得知，12月份出口较上年同期下降2.8％，至1111.6亿美元；当月进 口较上年同期下降21.3％，至721.8亿美元。中国2008年全年出口较上年增长17.2％，至1.43万亿美元，进口增长18.5％，至1.13万 亿美元。去年全年实现贸易顺差2954.6亿美元，高于2007年的2622亿美元。12月制造业PMI指数（采购经理人指数）中的新出口订单指数为30.7％，连续6个月低于50％。据介绍，通常低于50％即表明处于萎缩状态。
国家统计局将于下周公布2008年12月及全年的主要经济数据。有关专家预测，去年12月，CPI同比涨幅将回落至1.5％以下，工业增速有望小幅反弹至6％，增幅比前一月的5.4％有所提高。2008年全年GDP同比增长9％左右。西南证券高级宏观分析师董先安预计，当月CPI同比涨幅 为1.2％；PPI同比涨幅约为-1.2％。中金公司发布的研究报告认为，12月份食品价格出现了季节性环比反弹，但非食品价格继续回落，将拉低CPI至 1.2％～1.6％；PPI受原材料价格下降和产能过剩影响，将回落至-2％～-1％，为近6年来首次出现同比负增长。中国建设银行发布报告则预计，12 月份CPI同比涨幅在1.5％左右。
上海证券报报道，截至昨日，全国已有北京、天津、重庆、广西、山西、福建、河北、内蒙古等地召开"两会"。在已经召开的地方两会上，各地纷纷立下今年经济工作的军令状--经济增速跑赢8%。记者了解到，除北京外，天津、重庆、广西等省（区市）均把2009年的经 济增长目标制定在两位数。