【正文】 that merce should be open, information freely accessible。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。m only sorry that I won39。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。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。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 wher