卡梅隆演讲.doc

Tuesday 9 November 2010
PM’s speech at Beida University, China
A transcript of speech given by the Prime Minister at the Beida University in China on 9 November 2010.
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Introduction
Twenty five years ago I came to Hong Kong as a student.
The year was 1985.
Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher had recently signed the historic Joint Declaration.
The remarkable story of the essful handover of Hong Kong
and the great progress Hong Kong has continued to make
is an example to the world of what can be achieved when two countries cooperate in confidence and with mutual respect.
 
Since then,
China has changed almost beyond recognition.
China’s National Anthem famously calls on the people of China to stand up
Qi lai qi lai (stand up, stand up)
Today the Chinese people are not just standing up in their own country
they are standing up in the world.
No longer can people talk about the global economy
without including the country that has grown on average ten per cent a year for three decades.
No longer can we talk about trade…
without the country that is now the world’s largest exporter and third largest importer
And no longer can we debate energy security or climate change
without the country that is one of the world’s biggest consumer of energy.
China is on course to reclaim, later this century, its position as the world’s biggest economy
the position it has held for 18 of the last 20 centuries.
and an achievement of which the Chinese people are justly proud.
Put simply: China has re-emerged as a great global power.
Threat or Opportunity
Now people can react to this in one of two ways.
They can see China’s rise as a threat
or they can see it as an opportunity.
They can protect their markets from China
or open their markets to China.
 They can try and shut China out
or e China in, to a new place at the top table of global affairs.
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