【正文】 milar 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 neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she39。s had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longerhundreds of extra hoursto do his he never fell 39。m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who39。s what young people like you are doing every day, all across people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, didn39。ll end one39。s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of is no excuse for not you are right now doesn39。t at the end of the day, the circumstances of your lifewhat you look like, where you e from, how much money you have, what you39。s not enough money to go you live in a neighborhood where you don39。t have a lot of they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this of you might not have those you don39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。t always able to give us the things that other kids were times when I missed having a father in my were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn39。s not always easy to do well in know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your get know what it39。re not just quitting on yourself, you39。ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new panies that will create new jobs and boost our need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult you don39。ll need the knowledge and problemsolving skills you learn in