Speeches The Chinese People Embark upon the 21st Century The World must Observe China More Accurately Chinese Media Welcomes the Internet Age America and Americans through Chinese Eyes Asia and the Chinese Economy Following Chinas WTO Accession Let History Be Rooted Deeply in Our Hearts The World's Two Most Ancient Peoples A Hard-won Victory by Nation and Its People Founding a Friendly Sino-Russian .Century Using Culture as the Link Crossing the Cultural Barrier to Better Explain China.to the Rest of the World Creating Cross-cultural Harmony The Diversity of Civilizations and a Harmonious World The Role of Public Diplomacy and People-to-People Diplomacy in Sino-American Relations Relentless Efforts Lead to Great Success The Revitalization of lingju Begins by Using the Correct Name Speech at a Press Conference for the Launch of Riverside Talk in the United States Enlightenment from the Beijing Olympic Games: The Country's Image Is Based on Its Development Dialogue, a Way to Promote Harmony Dialogues We Are Confident that We can, Little by Little, Realize Our Dreams and Goals Advice to Friends must Come from the Bottom of the Heart Far-Sighted Entrepreneurs cannot Afford Not to Pay Attention to China Imbalance in Understanding between Chinese and Americans US Media Coverage of China Is often Inaccurate Never Have the Chinese People Enjoyed such a High Level of Human Rights The Chinese Have Been Fighting for Democracy for over a Hundred Years Our Common Suffering Strengthens Our Friendship Japan and the Japanese through Chinese Eyes The Germans Admire Philosophy, and so do the Chinese Striding forth with the World's Media Opening the Historical Door of"Pudong Logic" Culture Is Wealth, and so Is Friendship A Dialogue Between a Theist and an Atheist Talking with Shimon Peres about Wisdom I Have Confidence in the Strength of the Japanese People Culture, History and Patriotism
摘要
The reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping began in 1978. Denghimself said that the reforms were revolutionary. He proclaimed thatthe main responsibility of the Chinese government was to developthe country's economy. China's history during this century has madethe Chinese people realize that the two slogans, "adhering to self-re-liance and working hard to build China" and "reforming and openingup" are not contradictory. China thus entered a period of high-speedeconomic development. China's GDP has on average increased by 9.7percent in the past 20 years. As everyone knows, Deng Xiaoping andmany other influential Chinese leaders once studied in France andwere influenced by French culture. This is something I should men-tion here. The Chinese people entered the year of 1900 humiliated and back-wards. One Dutch dictionary from the beginning of the 20th cen-tury, the Standard Dutch Dictionary, defined Chinese people as peoplewho are stupid and mentally backward. Before 1950, Chinese peoplewere also labeled as the "sick men of East Asia." During the 19th century, the terrible habit of binding girls' feet wasvery common in China, among both the rich and the poor. Perhaps theChinese people of that time can be represented by women with smallbound feet, because they entered the 1900 with deformed feet. But the Chinese people will enter the year of 2000 with healthy andfirm strides. The idea that Chinese people could win gold medals ininternational athletic events was inconceivable 50 years ago. Some saythat Chinese women have surpassed Chinese men. This is perhaps true.After all, it is our women who dominate events like volleyball, soccer,gymnastics and swimming. Now I would like to discuss some of the changes that have taken placein Chinese families and women. Then I will move on to discuss changesof a few important Chinese concepts. In the traditional Chinese family, brothers could live under the sameroof even after they married, but girls had to leave the family upon mar ……
