inthe21stcentury,yourgenerationwillhavearemarkableoortunitytobringtogetherthetalentsofourscientists,doctors,engineersintoasharedquestforprogre.alreadythebreakthroughswehaveachievedinourareasofjointcooperation--inchallengesfromdealingwithinabifidatodealingwithextremeweatherconditioandearthquakes--haveprovedwhatwecandotogethertochangethelivesofmillioofpeopleinchinaandtheunitedstatesandaroundtheworld.expandingourcooperationinscienceandtechnologycanbeoneofourgreatestgiftstothefuture.
ineachofthesevitalareasthatihavementioned,wecanclearlyaccomplishsomuchmorebywalkingtogetherratherthanstandingapart.thatiswhyweshouldworktoseethattheproductiverelatiohipwenowenjoybloomsintoafullerpartnershipinthenewcentury.
ifthatistohaen,itisveryimportantthatweunderstandeachotherbetter,thatweunderstandbothourcommoninterestandoursharedairatioandourhonestdifferences.ibelievethekindofopen,directexchangethatpresidentjiangandihadonsaturdayatourpreconference--whichiknowmanyofyouwatchedontelevision--canbothclarifyandnarrowourdifferences,and,moreimportant,byallowingpeopletounderstandanddebateanddiscuthesethingscangiveagreaterseeofconfidencetoourpeoplethatwecanmakeabetterfuture.
fromthewindowsofthewhitehouse,whereiliveinwashington,d.c.,themonumenttoourfirstpresident,georgewashington,dominatestheskyline.itisaverytallobelisk.butverynearthislargemonumentthereisasmallstonewhichcontaithesewords:theunitedstatesneitherestablishedtitlesofnobilityandroyalty,norcreatedahereditarysystem.stateaffairsareputtothevoteofpublicopinion.
thiscreatedanewpoliticalsituation,urecedentedfromancienttimestothepresent.howwonderfulitis.thosewordswerenotwrittenbyanamerican.theywerewrittenbyxujiyu,governoroffujianprovince,icribedasagiftfromthegovernmentofchinatoournationin1853.
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