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1、Time:5ThingsAmericaCanLearnfromChinaOntheeveningofNov.15,PresidentBarackObama,theyouthfulleaderofoneoftheworld'syoungestcountries,beginshisfirstvisittoChina,amongtheworld'smostancientsocieties.ObamaandhisChinesecounterpart,HuJintao,havemuchtodiscuss.Butthevisitcomesatanawkwardmom
2、entfortheU.S.China,despiteits5,000-yearburdenofhistory,hasemergedasadynamoofoptimism,experimentationandgrowth.Ithasdefiedtheglobaleconomicslump,andthesensethatit'stheworld'sascendantpowerhasneverbeenstronger.TheU.S.,bycontrast,seemssuddenlyolderandfrailer.America'snationalmoodiss
3、tillinafunk,itseconomyfoundering,itsred-vs.-bluepoliticsasrancorousasever.TheU.S.maybeoneoftheworld'soldestcapitalistcountriesandChinaoneoftheyoungest,butyoucouldn'tblameObamaifheleanedovertoHuatsomepointandasked,"Whatareyouguysdoingright?"Couldtheworld'slonebutwearysuperpoweract
4、uallylearnsomethingfromChina?It'sapoliticallyincorrectquestion,ofcourse.Chinaisanauthoritariannation;itsrulingCommunistPartydealsruthlesslywithanychallengetoitshegemony.Itremains,relativelyspeaking,apoor,developingcountrywithhugeproblemstoconfront,massivecorruptionandenvironmenta
5、ldegradationbeingNos.1and1a.Still,thisisamomentofhumilityfortheU.S.,andChinaisdoingsomeimportantthingsright.1.BeAmbitiousOnedaythissummer,SeanMaloney,anexecutivevicepresidentatIntel,wasbouncingfromoneappointmenttoanotherinnortheasternChina,speedingalonginavantraversingnewlybuilth
6、ighways.Hegazedoutatoneoftheworld'sbiggestconstructionprojects:anetworkofhigh-speedtrainlines—covering10,000miles(16,000km)nationwide—thatChinaisbuilding.Asfarastheeyecouldsee,theresatvastconcretesupportstruts,oneafteranother,exactly246ft.(75m)apart.Eachwasfullofsteelcablesandwei
7、ghedabout800tons."Weusedtobuildstufftoo,"Maloneymused,unprompted."Butnowit'sNIMBY[notinmybackyard]everytimeyoutrytodosomething.Here,"hejoked,"it'smorelikeIMBY.There'sstuffhappeninghere,everywhereandalways."[Sep3,2009:Fortune-China'sAmazingNewBulletTrain,andAmerica'sAmazingRailroa
8、dOligarchs]It'snotjustNIMBYismthatconstr