【正文】 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 ha。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 impulsethe 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 successbecause 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 billiontoday it tops over $400 billion each merce affects our people39。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 , America39。m eager to see those ancient places that speak to us from China39。m impressed by these signs of China39。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 I39。d like to do is to make some opening ments, and then what I39。d also like to thank our outstanding Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, who exemplifies the deep ties and respect between our don39。d like to thank Fudan University39。t let your family down or your country of all, don39。ve got to do your part, I expect all of you to get serious this expect you to put your best effort into everything you expect great things from each of don39。s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a President who es here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?Now, your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these 39。s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war。t about people who quit when things got 39。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don39。t know something, and that then allows you to learn something find an adult that you trusta parent, a grandparent or teacher, a coach or a counselorand ask them to help you stay on track to meet your even when you39。t a sign of weakness, it39。t be afraid to ask 39。ve got to same principle applies to your might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it might have to read something a few times before you understand definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it39。re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new don39。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time one39。re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act you get a bad grade, that doesn39。t let your failures define youyou have to let your failures teach have to let them show you what to do differently the next if you get into trouble, that doesn39。swho wrote Harry Potterher first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally Jordan was cut from his high school basketball lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my that39。s of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。t click with every teacher that you every homework assignment will seem pletely relevant to your life right at this you won39。re not going to be any of those truth is, being successful is won39。ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to along those lines, by the way, I hope all of you are washing your hands a lot, and that you stay home from school when you don39。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your you39。s why today I39。t any different from any of face challenges in their lives just like you some cases they39。s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborho