Li亚乐 (Anya)
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The Silk Road and China's Development
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is you who give me give me great honour to be here. I would like to share some of my thoughts with you on the topic of“Silk Road and China’s development”.
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But for our young generation, what does the way ahead look like? How are we different? More challenges still exist for our young people. How are we going to be a interdisciplinary talent to adopt to this linked world ? How to maintain our culture identity and culture confidence in this increasingly homogeneous world ? How to define greatness in our rise as a peaceloving nation? And what are we going to do to shape the furture of ourselves or at large, our country?
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I know there will never be easy answers to these issues. However, it is the first step to be prepared for facing both opportunities and challenges coming our way!
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This is a story of trade road that changed the world, a road that was over 5,000 miles long, and all the way from Chinese ancient capital city --Xi'An ,through central Asia, through many many mysterious countries.
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And today “One Belt, One Road ” policy is trying to make China and the world more linked.
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And first of all，I would like to mention a story, which dates back to the 2nd century B.C. When Zhang Qian went on a business trip to one of western countries----A country located in Iran named “rest in peace”. The leader there showed gracious hospitality. People there gave ostrich egg and magic show to them. In return, Chinese envoy gave silk and silk clothing to them as present.
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T his interlinked community entails questions that concern us all, like many young people my age in college. Of course we believe that our young generation will b e mo r e c o mp e t e n t a n d al l - r o u n d developed, our country will get more prosperous and enjoy respect in the international community. But I can assure you that more importantly, we young people should broaden our minds and do more serious thinking all the time.
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This was the Silk Road! With prosperous trade taking place in Silk Road, more and more businesses of various kinds, from different countries joined in. Our policy, politics, society and commerce were being sloshed into a large melting pots of humanity.The implication of this phenomenon is that the need and desire to communicate across differences in culture and ideology is not only felt by the two countries but by many other nations as well.
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Thanks again for your attention!
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Zhang qian said to them: “It is this bridge of friendship that connects us together!” Ever sine then, people on this road not only bought the goods, but also exchange their ideas and techniques on which western Europeans will one day depend ----such as : paper making, gunpowder, music instrument.