The West’s reaction to any technological achievement by China has now fallen into a predictable pattern. The first stage is outright denial, where China’s success is downplayed, if not denied altogether. China’s claims are then promptly dismissed as propaganda. 西方對中國任何技術成就的反應現在已經進入了一種可預測的模式。第一階段是徹底否認，如果不是完全否認，中國的成功就會被淡化。中國的說法隨後被迅速駁斥為宣傳.