1. This unfavorable position has come about due to some historical and geographical factors.
2. China had to accept the rules as a rising exporter and was thus placed in an unfavorable position from the very outset.
3. It is the history of the country's development strategy that has placed rural residents in an unfavorable position against their urban counterparts in many ways.
4. " The tax burden has put domestic companies at an unfavorable position, " said Stiglitz.