【正文】 for by Chinese civilians who risked all that they had by doing Chinese veterans of that war still warmly greet those American veterans who return to the sites where they fought to help liberate China from different kind of connection was made nearly 40 years ago when the frost between our countries began to thaw through the simple game of table very unlikely nature of this engagement contributed to its success — because for all our differences, both our mon humanity and our shared curiosity were one American player described his visit to China — ―[The]people are just like us…The country is very similar to America, but still very different.‖Of course this small opening was followed by the achievement of the Shanghai Communique, and the eventual establishment of formal relations between the United States and China in in three decades, just look at how far we have 1979, trade between the United States and China stood at roughly $5 billion — today it tops over $400 billion each merce affects our people’s lives in so many imports from China many of the puter parts we use, the clothes we wear。that government should reflect the will of the people and respond to their wishes。and why someone like me, who less than 50 years ago would have had trouble voting in some parts of America, is now able to serve as its that is why America will always speak out for these core principles around the do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation, but we also don’t believe that the principles that we stand for are unique to our freedoms of expression and worship — of access to information and political participation — we believe are universal should be available to all people, including ethnic and religious minorities — whether they are in the United States, China, or any , it is that respect for universal rights that guides America’s openness to other countries。one country’s success need not e at the expense of that is why the United States insists we do not seek to contain China’s the contrary, we wele China as a strong and prosperous and successful member of the munity of nations — a China that draws on the rights, strengths, and creativity of individual Chinese like return to the proverb — consider the know that more is to be gained when great powers cooperate than when they is a lesson that human beings have learned time and again, and that is the example of the history between our I believe strongly that cooperation must go beyond our must be rooted in our people — in the studies we share, the business that we do, the knowledge that we gain, and even in the sports that we these bridges must be built by young men and women just like you and your counterparts in ’s why I’m pleased to announce that the United States will dramatically expand the number of our students who study in China to 100, these exchanges mark a clear mitment to build ties among our people, as surely as you will help determine the destiny of the 21st I’m absolutely confident that America has no better ambassadors to offer than our young they, just like you, are filled with talent and energy and optimism about the history that is yet to be let this be the next step in the steady pursuit of cooperation that will serve our nations, and the if there’s one thing that we can take from today’s dialogue, I hope that it is a mitment to continue this dialogue going thank you very I look forward now to taking some questions from all of you very much.(Applause.)So — I just want to make sure this is a tradition, by the way, that is very mon in the United States at these town hall what we’re going to do is I will just — if you are interested in asking a question, you can raise your will call on then I will alternate between a question from the audience and an Internet question from one of the students who prepared the questions, as well as I think Ambassador Huntsman may have a question that we were able to obtain from the Web site of our let me begin, though, by seeing — and then what I’ll do is I’ll call on a boy and then a girl and then — so we’ll go back and forth, so that you know it’s right? So I’ll start with this young lady right in the don’t we wait for this microphone so everyone can hear what’s your name?Q My name is(inaudible)and I am a student from Fudan and Chicago have been sister cities since 1985, and these two cities have conduct a wide range of economic, political, and cultural what measures will you take to deepen this close relationship between cities of the United States and China? And Shanghai will hold the World Exposition next you bring your family to visit the Expo? Thank OBAMA: Well, thank you very much for the was just having lunch before I came here with the Mayor of Shanghai, and he told me that he has had an excellent relationship with the city of Chicago — my home town — that he’s visited there I think it’s wonderful to have these exchanges between of the things that I discussed with the Mayor is how both cities can learn from each other on strategies around clean energy, because one of the issues that ties China and America together is how, with an expanding population and a concern for climate change, that we’re able to reduce our carbon obviously in the United States and many developed countries, per capita, per individual, they are already using much more energy than each individual here in as China grows and expands, it’s going to be using more energy as both countries have a great interest in finding new talked about mass transit and the excellent rail lines that are being developed in think we can learn in Chicago and the United States some of the fine work that’s being done on highspeed the United States, I think we are learning how to develop buildings that use much less energy, that are much more I know that with Shanghai, as I traveled and I saw all the cranes and all the new buildings that are going up, it’s very important for us