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China is Taking Credit For Inventing High-Speed Trains, Online Shopping
令外国人都心驰神往的中国“新四大发明” 你了解多少?
The internet recently raised its collective eyebrows after Chinese state media claimed that online shopping, high-speed rail, bike sharing and electronic payment systems are China’s “four new great inventions.”
近日，中国媒体宣布网购、高铁、共享单车和支付宝成为中国现代的“新四大发明”，引发网络集体关注。
Last week, government-run Xinhua News Agency said the country deserved credit for the discoveries, comparing them to the innovations of ancient China: compass, gunpowder, paper, and printing.
上一周，新华社发布消息称相对于中国古代的四大发明——指南针、火药、造纸和印刷术来说，中国也理应为新时代的发明受到赞扬。
According to SCMP, the so-called “four new great inventions” were based on last year’s research conducted by the Silk Road Research Institute. In a survey, China’s foreign students from 20 countries near the “Belt and Road Initiative” were asked to pick China’s “four new inventions” that they want their home countries to use.
据《南华早报》称，中国的“新四大发明”是于上周由“丝绸之路”研究机构组织评选的，他们对“一带一路”沿线的20国青年进行采访调研，并令其评选出也想让自己国家应用的中国“新四大发明”。
Xinhua’s article noted that “Among the four, high-speed rail and online shopping aren’t from China, but we bring the inventions to the world’s top level with our intelligence and innovation and make them China’s calling card.”
新华社的文章指出在“新四大发明”中，高铁与网购并非始于中国，但中国人用自己的智慧与创造，矗立起“新发明”的世界高峰，并将其打造成闪亮的“中国名片”。
However, just a little research will show that not one of the claimed inventions originated from China.
然而，一小部分资料表明“新四大发明”可能都并非起源于中国。
Online shopping was invented and pioneered by Michael Aldrich in the U.K. in 1979, while the Japanese operated the first modern high-speed rail in 1964.
“网购”是由来自英国的迈克尔·奥尔德里奇于1979年发明;日本人则早在1964年就已开通运营了第一辆现代高铁列车。
Meanwhile, E-payment systems have been utilized in the United States since the 1990s, while bike-sharing services were already a thing in Europe way back in the 1960s.
与此同时，电子支付系统早在上个世纪九十年代为美国人所应用;现如今大街小巷风靡的共享单车早在上个世纪六十年代就现于欧洲。
Despite of the origins, in recent years, a number of China’s technological innovations have been making their moves in the world. Among them, four stand out with a reputation of China’s "four great new inventions" in modern times, which have made the daily life of the public more and more convenient.
尽管有些发明的来源并非始于中国，但近些年来，中国科技技术和创新在世界领域都有了长足的进步。其中，上述的“新四大发明”从现代中国脱颖而出，享誉世界，也让国人的生活变得越来越便利。