【正文】 elections at the local 20 years ago, a great Chinese leader, Deng Xiaoping, said thisI want you to hear his said that China would eventually expand democratic elections all the way to the national look forward to that of millions of Chinese today are relearning Buddhist, Taoist, and local religious traditions, or practicing Christianity, Islam, and other of where or how these believers worship, they39。in fact, they make good centuries, this country has had a tradition of religious prayer is that all persecution will end, so that all in China are free to gather and worship as they these changes will lead to a stronger, more confident Chinaa China that can astonish and enrich the world, a China that your generation will help is one of the most exciting times in the history of your country, a time when even the grandest hopes seem within your nation offers you our respect and our years from now, athletes from America and around the world will e to your country for the Olympic I39。s great University was founded, with the support of America, to further the ties between our two know how important this place is to the Vice President, who earned his degree here and even more important, met his gracious wife Liu Yongqing also thank the students here for this opportunity to meet with you, to talk a little bit about my country and answer some of your standards and reputation of this university are known around the world, and I know what an achievement it is to be wife Laura and I have two daughters in college, one at Yale and the other at the University of are proud of our daughters just like I am sure your parents are proud of visit to China es on an important years ago this week, an American President arrived in China on a trip designed to end decades of estrangement and confront centuries of Richard Nixon showed the world that two vastly different governments could meet on the grounds of mon interest, and in a spirit of mutual they left the airport that day, Premier Zhou Enlai said to President Nixon, ``Your handshake came over the vastest ocean in the world twentyfive years of no munication.39。During the 30 years since, America and China have exchanged many handshakes of friendship and as we have had more contact with each other, the citizens of our two countries have gradually learned more about each , America knew China only by its history as a great and enduring , we see a China that is still defined by noble traditions of family, scholarship, and we see a China that is being one of the most dynamic and creative societies in the world as demonstrated by all the knowledge and potential right here in this is on a rising path, and America weles the emergence of a strong, peaceful, and prosperous America learns more about China, I am concerned that the Chinese people do not always see a clear picture of my happens for many reasons, some of them of our own movies and television shows often do not portray the values of the real America I successful businesses show the strength of American merce, but the munity spirit and contributions of those businesses are not always as visible as their monetary of the erroneous pictures of America are painted by friend, the Ambassador to China, tells me that some Chinese textbooks talk of Americans ``bullying the weak and repressing the poor.39。 Another Chinese textbook, published just last year, teaches that special agents of the FBI are used to ``repress the working people.39。 Neither of these is true and while the books may be leftovers from a previous era, they are misleading and fact, Americans feel a special responsibility for the poor and the government spends billions of dollars to provide health care and food and housing for those who cannot help themselves and even more important, many of our citizens contribute their own money and time to help those in passion stretches way beyond our are the number one provider of humanitarian aid to people in need throughout the for the men and women of our FBI and law enforcement, they are themselves working people who devote their lives to fighting crime and country certainly has its share of problems and faults。re on a long journey toward achieving our own ideals of equality and there is a reason our nation shines as a beacon of hope and opportunity, a reason many throughout the world dream of ing to are a free nation, where men and women have the opportunity to achieve their matter your background or circumstance of birth, in America you can get a good education, start a business, raise a family, worship freely and help elect the leaders of your munity and can support the policies of our government, or you are free to openly disagree with who fear freedom sometimes argue it could lead to chaos, but it does not, because freedom means more than every man for gives our citizens many rights, yet expects them to exercise important liberty is given direction and purpose by moral character, shaped in strong families, strong munities, and strong religious institutions and overseen by a strong and fair legal country39。t tell the courts how to rule and neither can any other member of the executive or legislative our law, everyone stands one is above the law, and no one is beneath political power in America is limited and temporary, and only given by a free vote of the have a Constitution, now two centuries old, which limits and balances the powers of the three branches of our government: judicial, legislative and of the values that guide our life in America are first shaped in our families, just as they are in your Moms and Dads love their children and work hard and sacrifice for them, because we believe life can always be better for the next our families, we find love and learn responsibility and many Americans voluntarily devote part of their lives to serving amazing number nearly half of all adults in America volunteer time every week to make their munities better by mentoring childr