卡梅伦北大演讲英文全文.doc

《卡梅伦北大演讲英文全文.doc》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。

1、Tuesday9November2010PM’sspeechatBeidaUniversity,ChinaAtranscriptofspeechgivenbythePrimeMinisterattheBeidaUniversityinChinaon9November2010.Readthetranscipt:IntroductionTwentyfiveyearsagoIcametoHongKongasastudent.Theyearwas1985.DengXiaopingandMargaretThatcher

2、hadrecentlysignedthehistoricJointDeclaration.TheremarkablestoryofthesuccessfulhandoverofHongKong……andthegreatprogressHongKonghascontinuedtomake……isanexampletotheworldofwhatcanbeachievedwhentwocountriescooperateinconfidenceandwithmutualrespect. Sincethen,Chi

3、nahaschangedalmostbeyondrecognition.China’sNationalAnthemfamouslycallsonthepeopleofChinatostandup… Qilaiqilai(standup,standup)TodaytheChinesepeoplearenotjuststandingupintheirowncountry……theyarestandingupintheworld.Nolongercanpeopletalkabouttheglobaleconomy…

4、…withoutincludingthecountrythathasgrownonaveragetenpercentayearforthreedecades.Nolongercanwetalkabouttrade……withoutthecountrythatisnowtheworld’slargestexporterandthirdlargestimporter…Andnolongercanwedebateenergysecurityorclimatechange……withoutthecountrythat

5、isoneoftheworld’sbiggestconsumerofenergy.Chinaisoncoursetoreclaim,laterthiscentury,itspositionastheworld’sbiggesteconomy……thepositionithasheldfor18ofthelast20centuries.…andanachievementofwhichtheChinesepeoplearejustlyproud.Putsimply:Chinahasre-emergedasagre

6、atglobalpower.Threator OpportunityNowpeoplecanreacttothisinoneoftwoways.TheycanseeChina’sriseasathreat……ortheycanseeitasanopportunity.TheycanprotecttheirmarketsfromChina……oropentheirmarketstoChina. TheycantryandshutChinaout……orwelcomeChinain,toanewplaceatth

7、etoptableofglobalaffairs.TherehasbeenachangeofGovernmentinBritainandachangeofPrimeMinister.ButonthisvitalpointthereisabsolutecontinuitybetweenmygovernmentandtheGovernmentsofTonyBlairandGordonBrown.WewantastrongrelationshipwithChina.Strongontrade.Strongoninv

8、estment.Strongondialogue.ImadethatclearasLeaderoftheOppositionwhenIvisitedBeijingandChongqingthreeyearsago.AndIrepeatitasPrimeMinisterhereinChina’scapitaltoday.IntheargumentabouthowtoreacttotheriseofCh