@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导更多一手英语资料请认准V：LTSparty（其余渠道均为二次倒卖）@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导Theworldischangingwithreallyremarkablespeed.Ifyoulookatthechartatthetophere,you'llseethatin2025,theseGoldmanSachsprojectionssuggestthattheChineseeconomywillbealmostthesamesizeastheAmericaneconomy.Andifyoulookatthechartfor2050,it'sprojectedthattheChineseeconomywillbetwicethesizeoftheAmericaneconomy,andtheIndianeconomywillbealmostthesamesizeastheAmericaneconomy.AndweshouldbearinmindherethattheseprojectionsweredrawnupbeforetheWesternfinancialcrisis.Acoupleofweeksago,IwaslookingatthelatestprojectionbyBNPParibasforwhenChinawillhavealargereconomythantheUnitedStates.GoldmanSachsprojected2027.Thepost-crisisprojectionis2020.That'sjustadecadeaway.Chinaisgoingtochangetheworldintwofundamentalrespects.Firstofall,it'sahugedevelopingcountrywithapopulationof1.3billionpeople,whichhasbeengrowingforover30yearsataround10percentayear.Andwithinadecade,itwillhavethelargesteconomyintheworld.Neverbeforeinthemodernerahasthelargesteconomyintheworldbeenthatofadevelopingcountry,ratherthanadevelopedcountry.Secondly,forthefirsttimeinthemodernera,thedominantcountryintheworld--whichIthinkiswhatChinawillbecome--willbenotfromtheWestandfromvery,verydifferentcivilizationalroots.Now,Iknowit'sawidespreadassumptionintheWestthatascountriesmodernize,theyalsowesternize.Thisisanillusion.It'sanassumptionthatmodernityisaproductsimplyofcompetition,marketsandtechnology.Itisnot.Itisalsoshapedequallybyhistoryandculture.ChinaisnotliketheWest,anditwillnotbecomeliketheWest.Itwillremaininveryfundamentalrespectsverydifferent.Nowthebigquestionhereisobviously,howdowemakesenseofChina?HowdowetrytounderstandwhatChinais?AndtheproblemwehaveintheWestatthemoment,byandlarge,isthattheconventionalapproachisthatweunderstanditreallyinWesternterms,usingWesternideas.Wecan't.NowIwanttoofferyouthreebuildingblocksfortryingtounderstandwhatChinaislike,justasabeginning.Thefirstisthis:thatChinaisnotreallyanation-state.Okay,it'scalleditselfanation-stateforthelasthundredyears,buteveryonewhoknowsanythingaboutChinaknowsit'salotolderthanthis.ThiswaswhatChinalookedlikewiththevictoryoftheQinDynastyin221B.C.attheendofthewarring-stateperiod--thebirthofmodernChina.AndyoucanseeitagainsttheboundariesofmodernChina.Orimmediatelyafterward,theHanDynasty,still2,000yearsago.AndyoucanseealreadyitoccupiesmostofwhatwenowknowasEasternChina,whichiswherethevastmajorityofChineselivedthenandlivenow.
