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.

每個(gè)國家都有它專屬的草根發(fā)明家。但是中國——這個(gè)曾經(jīng)為世界貢獻(xiàn)了活字印刷術(shù)、火藥和指南針的國家——激勵(lì)了一批喜歡搗鼓小發(fā)明的人，這些人展現(xiàn)出的勃勃雄心也已幫助中國成為了一個(gè)全球經(jīng)濟(jì)大國。