The true heroes behind global recovery

The domestic media last week showed much excitement when the Chinese Worker emerged as a runner-up in Time magazine's Person of the Year list for 2009.

Many newspapers lavished praise on the US weekly for bringing the many toiling Chinese workers into global prominence, an accolade that they deserved but which they were yet to get at home.

Time magazine's wisdom in singling out Chinese workers for their increasing heft on the global stage is appreciable.