【正文】 America, but still very different.”O(jiān)f 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 billiontoday it tops over $400 billion each merce affects our people39。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 timeeconomic 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 we39。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 basketballI39。m only sorry that I won39。t be able to see a Shanghai Sharks game while I39。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 povertyan acplishment unparalleled in human historywhile 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 predestinednot 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 understandingon sustaining an open dialogue, and learning about one another and from one just as that American table tennis player pointed outwe 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 documents that guide our documents put forward a simple vision of human affairs, and they enshrine several core principlesthat all men and women are created equal, and possess certain fundamental rights。that government should reflect the will of the people and respond to their wishes。that merce should be open, information freely accessible。and that laws, and not simply men, should guarantee the administration of course, the story of our nation is not without its difficult many waysover many yearswe have struggled to advance the promise of these principles to all of our people, and to forge a more perfect fought a very painful civil war, and freed a portion of our population from took time for women to be extended the right to vote, workers to win the right to organize, and for immigrants from different corners of the globe to be fully after they were freed, African Americans persevered through conditions that were separate and not equal, before winning full and equal of this was we made progress because of our belief in those core principles, which have served as our pass through the darkest of is why Lincoln could stand up in the midst of civil war and declare it a struggle to see whether any nation, conceived in liberty, and “dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” could long is why Luther King could stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and ask that our nation live out the true meaning of its 39。s why immigrants from China to Kenya could find a home on our shores。why opportunity is available to all who would work for it。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 don39。t believe that the principles that we stand for are unique to our freedoms of expression and worshipof access to information and political participationwe believe are universal should be available to all people, including ethnic and religious minoritieswhether they are in the United States, China, or any , it is that respect for universal rights that guides America39。s openness to other countries。our respect for different cultures。our mitment to international law。and our faith in the are all things that you should know about also know that we have much to learn about around at this magnificent cityand looking around this roomI do believe that our nations hold something important in mon, and that is a belief in the the United States nor China is content to rest on our while China is an ancient nation, you are also clearly looking ahead with confidence, ambition, and a mitment to see