参考消息网1月26日报道 据美国福克斯商业网站1月25日报道，微软公司联合创始人比尔·盖茨23日在澳大利亚接受采访时表示，中国崛起是“世界的巨大胜利”。
盖茨是在接受澳大利亚的智库洛伊研究所采访时发表上述言论的。
据报道，盖茨说：“我倾向于将中国崛起视为世界的巨大胜利。我的意思是，那是人类中的近20%。今天，他们在全球经济中的比重与他们在全球人口中的比重完全匹配。而你要知道，像澳大利亚、美国等国家人均国内生产总值是中国人的五倍。因此，我们在世界经济中所占的份额不成比例。”
据报道，针对他对中国有多“乐观”提问，他作出了这一回答。
他说：“你要知道，我的确认为美国当前对中国及其回应的思维方式是一种双输心态。如果你问美国政客‘嘿，你希望中国经济收缩20%还是增长20%’，我怕他们会投票支持‘是的，让我们去搞穷那些人’，而不明白对于全球经济、癌症药物的发明、气候变化的解决来说，我们要齐心合力。”
据报道，在采访中，盖茨还说，美国在政治上处于衰弱状态，中国等国家需要在世界治理中发挥更大作用。
盖茨说：“我要说，美国今天在政治上比过去更衰弱，你要知道，这对世界来说很可怕。当前的世界体系是以美国为首设计的。随着其他国家越来越富裕，包括中国和印度在内的这些中等收入国家需要在世界治理中发挥更大作用。”
Bill Gates says China's rise is a 'huge win for the world'
https://news.yahoo.com/bill-gates-says-chinas-rise-223215100.html
Michelle De Pacina
In a new interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he views China's global ascent as a "huge win for the world."
As the East Asian nation’s economy has seen major growth in recent years, the billionaire commented positively on China when he was asked by Michael Fullilove, executive director of Australia-based think tank the Lowy Institute, at an in-person event on Monday how “bullish” he was on the country.
I tend to see China's rise as a huge win for the world. I mean, that's 20% of humanity. They today match their portion of the global economy, and their portion of the global population match exactly, you know, countries like Australia, U.S., we have per capita GDP’s five times what the Chinese have. So we have a disproportionate share of the world's economy.
You know, I do think the current mentality of the U.S. to China — and which is reciprocated — is kind of a lose-lose mentality. If you ask U.S. politicians, ‘Hey, would you like the Chinese economy to shrink by 20% or grow by 20%?' I'm afraid they would vote that, ‘Yeah, let’s immiserate those people,' not understanding that for the global economy, the invention of cancer drugs, the solution of climate change, you know we're all in this together. We’re humans. We innovate together, and we have to change the modern industrial economy together in a pretty dramatic fashion.
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The billionaire also noted that the U.S. is politically in a weak state, adding that China and India have to play bigger roles in world governance.
The U.S. is politically weaker today, I would say, than it's been, and you know, that's scary for the world. The current world system is designed around U.S. leadership. As other countries have gotten richer, these middle-income countries including China and India need to play a stronger role in world governance.
The U.S. and China’s relationship has been strained over geopolitical issues and trade disagreements in recent years, most notably the sovereignty of Taiwan.
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Preparing for global challenges: In conversation with Bill Gates
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/event/preparing-global-challenges-conversation-bill-gates
The philanthropist, technologist, innovator and investor Bill Gates spoke in conversation with Executive Director Michael Fullilove about global challenges.
On 23 January 2023, the Lowy Institute hosted philanthropist and investor Bill Gates for an in-person event. Mr Gates spoke in conversation with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove about global health, pandemic preparedness, food security and climate change.
Bill Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975, growing the company into a global leader in business and personal software. In 2008, Gates shifted focus to the Gates Foundation’s work on increasing opportunities for the world’s most disadvantaged people. Through the Foundation, he has spent more than 20 years working on global health and development issues including pandemic prevention; disease eradication; maternal, newborn and child health; agricultural development; and water, sanitation and hygiene. In 2010, he co-founded the Giving Pledge to encourage the wealthiest families and individuals to publicly commit more than half their wealth to philanthropic causes and charitable organisations during their lifetime or in their will.
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