作为一个令人尊重的政治家，Vice President Joseph R. Biden曾多次因“不当言论”受到抨击，比如，他曾在专访中称俄罗斯是“衰落了的国家”。 Biden Gives the Commencement Address at U of PA 2013 named "Don't listen to cynics".其中，谈到目前美国毕业生所遇到现实就业和前景等问题时，Biden有以下段落提到中国：
I love to hear people tell me how to use the vernacular "China is going to eat our lunch."
China is a great nation, and we should hope for the continued expansion. But ladies and gentlemen, their problems are immense, and they lack much of what we have. We have the best universities in the world. We have a legal system that is open and fair. We have the most agile venture capital system in the world. We lead the world in innovation and technology, all for a simple basic reason. Steve Jobs, speaking at Stanford was asked by a young man "how can I be more like you, how I can become like you?" And Job famously answered: think different.
You CANNOT think different in a nation where you cannot breath free. You CANNOT think different in a nation where you aren't able to challenge orthodoxy, because change only comes from challenging orthodoxy.
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I spent 10 days with President Xi at the request of former president Hu and President obama…I listened to his questions and the interests he had and he asked me how I felt after the 5 days in the U.S. and 5 days in China. And I said he's a strong bright man, but he has the look of a man who is about to take on a job he's not at all sure is going to end well. I mean that seriously.
We are so well-positioned. We are so well-positioned to lead the world into the 21st century.
未料想在中国留学生中引起轩然大波。
Mr. Biden不过是客观地说明了中国及中国人的卑微民族特性：无公正感、服从威权、无能力创新思维、缺乏探索精神。然后以当政政治家的责任和身份，告诉美国的青年学生们，所宣传和渲染的中国竞争力根本不值一提；且以个人身份和亲身经历表明，他所打过交道的中国现任领导人"take on a job he's not at all sure is going to end well",他知道这话的沉重分量和震撼性，还紧接着特意加上 "I mean that seriously"，以鼓励美国的花朵和未来们。同时，这些话在一个非政府官方形式的正式场合(Non-governmentally official ceremony)，宣告了美国政府和政府领导人对美国及其国民的已完成并正在进行的负责、能力和信心。
个人觉得吧，他在大学毕业典礼上提这些，说明他已经没有足够的信心了，他知道中国的挑战已经对米国构成了威胁，说这些是给自己壮壮胆，给米国的学生们壮壮胆。米国在国际事务上认为自己就是正统，其他人都要听米国的。那么借用他老人家的一句话： change only comes from challenging orthodoxy.
ITYS 发表评论于
回复linna118的评论:
Sorry to disagree with you, with respect though. But "we Chinese...?" Speak for yourself.
Have you ever thought is the political systems. One is liberty and justice for all. The other is for "absolute most people".
For your comparison:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,..."
and:
"The people's democratic dictatorship held by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants, which is in essence the dictatorship of the proletariat,..."
Am I confusing you?
linna118 发表评论于
回复ITYS的评论:
You got the point.
Americans look at themselves in a positive way always although they have as many problems as other nations if not more.
We Chinese always look at ourselves in a negative way plus give credits to those foreigners who judge us in a negative way!!
ITYS 发表评论于
回复linna118的评论:
Please look at the blind side because it might be fatal. Then the question is "are you sure?" or " how do you know?"
Here is a reminder:
"... America can do whatever we set our mind to... we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
回复mikecwu的评论: I have no faith in any politician, no matter they are Chinese or American. But Biden really doesn't hold any position to judge Chinese leaders in such a negative way when he and Obama are dragging USA to the bottom of the HILL. Dirty politicians work only for their own benifits!! Although there are a lot of dirty elements in politics , the fact is China is going uphill while USA is going downhill.
