Passage 2
China's Economic Role in Asia
China's economic role in Asia is burgeoning. With 1.2 billion people and an economy growing more rapid than any other in the region. China's rising importance as a trader manufacturer and investor offers neighbors a fast-growth cushion against slowdowns in the West. In 1995, for Japanese businesses grappling with the strong Yen, China is especially attractive. Japan's domestic market is sagging, and yen-based costs are pricing its exports too high. China offers thriving market and a cheap production base. Nearly one of every 10 yen that Japanese companies invest this year will end up in China, by one estimate. But it isn't manufacturing that links China to Asia. China's huge appetite for everything from grain to top-of-the-line technologies helps, too. South Korea's auto industry and Japan's steel industry, both dragging, get a big lift from China.
And China's market could grow even more important, and not just to Asia. Although Sino-American trade surged to $40 billion last year from only $2 billion when Beijing begin its economic reforms in 1979, trade in some areas, notably services, is still generally closed. As it opens, other areas of market will expand. To be sure, China's trade expansion hasn't been smooth. This year,Beijing averted U. S. sanctions by settling a dispute over copy right and patent protection. But by the year 2010. According to OCED,Asia will account for one-third of global demand and China will almost certainly be the largest component.
China was sanctioned by the U. S. for its ineffectiveness of intellectual property protection.
A、正确
B、错误
【正确答案】：B
【名师解析】:题目中提到，中国在亚洲的经济角色日益增强，其快速增长的经济为亚洲邻国提供了一个对冲西方国家经济放缓的缓冲。然而，题目最后一句提到“China was sanctioned by the U. S. for its ineffectiveness of intellectual property protection.”（中国因知识产权保护不力而受到美国的制裁），这与题目内容不符。根据文章内容，中国避免了美国的制裁，通过解决版权和专利保护的争端。因此，题目的陈述是错误的。所以正确答案是选项B：错误。
