【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 hter.)What I’d like to do is to make some opening ments, and then what I’m really looking forward to doing is taking questions, not only from students who are in the audience, but also we’ve received questions online, which will be asked by some of the students who are here in the audience, as well as by Ambassador I am very sorry that my Chinese is not as good as your English, but I am looking forward to this chance to have a is my first time traveling to China, and I’m excited to see this majestic , in Shanghai, we see the growth that has caught the attention of the world — the soaring skyscrapers, the bustling streets and entrepreneurial just as I’m impressed by these signs of China’s journey to the 21st century, I’m eager to see those ancient places that speak to us from China’s distant and the next day I hope to have a chance when I’m in Beijing to see the majesty of the Forbidden City and the wonder of the Great , this is a nation that enpasses both a rich history and a belief in the promise of the same can be said of the relationship between our two , of course, is a city that has great meaning in the history of the relationship between the United States and was here, 37 years ago, that the Shanghai Communique opened the door to a new chapter of engagement between our governments and among our , America’s ties to this city — and to this country — stretch back further, to the earliest days of America’s 1784, our founding father, George Washington, missioned the Empress of China, a ship that set sail for these shores so that it could pursue trade with the Qing wanted to see the ship carry the flag around the globe, and to forge new ties with nations like is a mon American impulse — the desire to reach for new horizons, and to forge new partnerships that are mutually the two centuries that have followed, the currents of history have steered the relationship between our countries in many even in the midst of tumultuous winds, our people had opportunities to forge deep and even dramatic instance, Americans will never forget the hospitality shown to our pilots who were shot down over your soil during World War II, and cared 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。and we export to China machinery that helps power your trade could create even more jobs on both sides of the Pacific, while allowing our people to enjoy a better quality of as demand bees more balanced, it can lead to even broader 1979, the political cooperation between the United States and China was rooted largely in our shared rivalry with the Soviet , we have a positive, constructive and prehensive relationship that opens the door to partnership on the key global issues of our time — economic recovery and the development of clean energy。stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and the scourge of climate change。the promotion of peace and security in Asia and around the of these issues will be on the agenda tomorrow when I meet with President in 1979, the connections among our people were , we see the curiosity of those pingpong players manifested in the ties that are being forged across many second highest number of foreign students in the United States e from China, and we’ve seen a 50 percent increase in the study of Chinese among our own are nearly 200 ―friendship cities‖ drawing our munities and Chinese scientists cooperate on new research and of course, Yao Ming is just one signal of our shared love of basketball — I’m only sorry that I won’t be able to see a Shanghai Sharks game while I’m is no coincidence that the relationship between our countries has acpanied a period of positive has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty — an acplishment unparalleled in human history — while playing a larger role in global the United States has seen our economy grow along with the standard of living enjoyed by our people, while bringing the Cold War to a successful is a Chinese proverb: ―Consider the past, and you shall know the future.‖ Surely, we have known setbacks and challenges over the last 30 relationship has not been without disagreement and the notion that we must be adversaries is not predestined — not when we consider the , because of our cooperation, both the United States and China are more prosperous and more have seen what is possible when we build upon our mutual interests, and engage on the basis of mutual yet the success of that engagement depends upon understanding — on sustaining an open dialogue, and learning about one another and from one just as that American table tennis player pointed out — we share much in mon as human beings, but our countries are different in certain believe that each country must chart its own is an ancient nation, with a deeply rooted United States, by parison, is a young nation, whose culture is determined by the many different immigrants who have e to our shores, and by the founding do