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发帖数: 6973 | 1 VOA Chinese, Nov. 22, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101122-BUSH-MEMOIR-CHINA-109988394.html
("布什总统在回忆录的第一章里就提到了中国。他说，在哈佛大学毕业以后，到中国去
看望父母，时间是1975年。那时候，特别让他感叹的是，一个历史上有过如此辉煌的国
家，怎么会落到如此'凄凉'的地步")
My comment:
(a) The pertinent paragraphs in Decision Points:
"For the second time in my life, I made the move from Houston to
Massachusetts. The cabdriver pulled up to the Harvard campus and welcomed me
to ―the West Point of capitalism.
"I had gone to Andover by expectation and Yale by tradition; I was at
Harvard by choice. There I learned the mechanics of finance, accounting, and
economics. I came away with a better understanding of management,
particularly the importance of setting clear goals for an organization,
delegating tasks, and holding people to account. I also gained the
confidence to pursue my entrepreneurial urge. The lessons of Harvard
Business School were reinforced by an unlikely source: a trip to visit
Mother and Dad in China after graduation. The contrast was vivid. I had gone
from the West Point of capitalism to the eastern outpost of communism, from
a republic of individual choice to a country where people all wore the same
gray clothes. While riding my bike through the streets of Beijing, I
occasionally saw a black limo with tinted windows that belonged to one of
the party bigwigs. Otherwise there were few cars and no signs of a free
market. I was amazed to see how a country with such a rich history could be
so bleak.
"In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government‘s
effort to purify and revitalize society. Communist officials had set up
indoctrination programs, broadcast propaganda over omnipresent loudspeakers,
and sought to stamp out any evidence of China‘s ancient history. Mobs of
young people lashed out against their elders and attacked the intellectual
elite. The society was divided against itself and cascading into anarchy.
China‘s experience reminded me of the French and Russian revolutions. The
pattern was the same: People seized control by promising to promote certain
ideals. Once they had consolidated power, they abused it, casting aside
their beliefs and brutalizing their fellow citizens. It was as if mankind
had a sickness that it kept inflicting on itself. The sobering thought
deepened my conviction that freedom—economic, political, and religious—is
the only fair and productive way of governing a society.
(b) 'O Sole Mio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27O_Sole_Mio
(Neapolitan song written in 1898; usually sung in the original Neapolitan
language [rather than Italian language]; translates literally as "My Sun" (
not "Oh My Sun").
(c) Pres. Hu Jintao's reply was "how to create 25 million new jobs a year."
(d) The VOA reports. "他 [Bush] 在书里写到，他和江泽民初次会面时就告诉江，'
我每天都要研读圣经。' 江泽民回答，'圣经我也看，但是我不信上面说的。'
"In one of our first meetings, I explained to President Jiang that faith was
a vital part of my life and that I studied the Word every day. I told him I
planned to raise freedom of worship in our conversations. 'I read the Bible
,' he replied, 'but I don't trust what it says.' |
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