inthefaceofthesechallengesnewsystemsoftrainingandsocialsecuritywillhavetobedevised,andnewenvironmentalpoliciesandtechnologieswillhavetobeintroducedwiththegoalofgrowingyoureconomywhileimprovingtheenvironment.everythingiknowabouttheintelligence,theingenuity,theenterpriseofthechinesepeopleandeverythingihaveheardtheselastfewdaysinmydiscuiowithpresidentjiang,primeministerzhuandothersgivemeconfidencethatyouwillsucceed.
asyoubuildanewchina,americawantstobuildanewrelatiohipwithyou.wewantchinatobesucceful,secureandopen,workingwithusforamorepeacefulandproerousworld.iknowtherearethoseinchinaandtheunitedstateswhoquestionwhethercloserrelatiobetweenourcountriesisagoodthing.buteverythingallofusknowaboutthewaytheworldischangingandthechallengesyourgenerationwillfacetellusthatourtwonatiowillbefarbetteroffworkingtogetherthanapart.
thelatedengxiaopingcoueledustoseektruthfromfacts.atthedawnofthenewcentury,thefactsareclear.thedistancebetweenourtwonatio,indeed,betweenanynatio,isshrinking.whereonceanamericancliershiptookmonthstocrofromchinatotheunitedstates.today,technologyhasmadeusallvirtualneighbors.fromlaptotolasers,frommicrochitomegabytes,aninformationrevolutionislightingthelandscapeofhumanknowledge,bringingusallclosertogether.ideas,information,andmoneycrotheplanetatthestrokeofacomputerkey,bringingwiththemextraordinaryoortunitiestocreatewealth,topreventandconquerdisease,tofostergreaterunderstandingamongpeoplesofdifferenthistoriesanddifferentcultures.
butwealsoknowthatthisgreateropeeandfasterchangemeanthatproblemswhichstartbeyondonenatioborderscanquicklymoveiidethem--thereadofweapoofmadestruction,thethreatsoforganizedcrimeanddrugtrafficking,ofenvironmentaldegradation,andsevereeconomicdislocation.nonationcanisolateitselffromtheseproblems,andnonationcansolvethemalone.we,