清醒的美國人：不要讓美國人民知道中國的發展_風聞

據國家統計局數據顯示：

2018年，我國GDP數值相較上一年同比增長6.6%，首次突破90萬億，位列世界第二！

而在此之下，中國全年外貿貨物進出口總額達30萬億元，比上年增長9.7%、全年全國規模以上工業增加值比上年實際增長6.2%、全年社會消費品零售總額380987億元，比上年增長9.0%！

雖然，從人均角度講中國與西方發達國家之間依舊存在相當差距，但是從當前世界人類發展程度來看，今天的中國在僅僅幾十年所取得的諸多總體性成就，都可謂優異。

然而就是在這樣一種現實劇變的境況下，西方世界對於中國的印象，卻依舊陌生且刻板。

1、Seth Oteng

The average American has no awareness of, nor exposure to, the average person in China.

美國民眾對中國民眾既不瞭解，也沒有接觸過。

Even students of China studies in America are taught with a narrowing list of largely American-authored textbooks.

甚至美國學生學習關於中國的知識時，也只能用為數不多美國人編寫的教材。

In the minds of Many Americans, China looks this

在許多美國人心中，中國是這樣子的

And this

以及這樣

and even this

甚至這樣

Does the whole of China have this demographic problem? Why do the media focus on the slums and not on the positive stories?

難道整個中國都有這樣的人口問題嗎？為什麼媒體總是將目光集中在貧窮地區，而不是去關注積極的發展呢？

As an American who has lived in China for six years, I am afraid of the arrogance and stereotype of ordinary people in my country: our understanding of China is almost totally absurd, which is like the understanding of the world in China more than 100 years ago!

作為一名在中國生活了六年的美國人，我為自己國家普通民眾的傲慢與刻板感到恐懼：我們對中國的瞭解幾乎是全盤荒謬的，這像極了一百多年前中國對世界的瞭解！

2、Jack stanson

On 23rd May, rolled off the production line a prototype magnetic-levitation train with a designed top speed of 600 km per hour in the eastern city of Qingdao. The debut of China’’s first high-speed maglev train testing prototype marks a major breakthrough for the country in the high-speed maglev transit system.

5月23日，在東部城市青島，一輛設計時速600公里的磁懸浮列車原型車從生產線上下線。中國首列高速磁懸浮列車試驗樣機的亮相，標誌着中國在高速磁懸浮運輸系統方面的重大突破。

At the same time, what are we doing?

與此同時，我們在幹嘛呢？

Greta, a Swedish girl, continued her strike, then denounced the government for “destroying our future”!

瑞典女孩格麗塔還在繼續她的罷課之旅，然後貶斥政府“葬送了我們的未來”！

This was welcomed by American environmentalists, who began to condemn the developing countries all over the world for not supporting environmental protection, and then the carnival and slogan!

這得到了美國環保人士的歡迎，他們開始譴責全世界的發展中國家不支持環保，然後就是狂歡與口號！

They seem to forget the competition between countries, or in their view, except for the “civilized people” such as Britain, the United States and Western Europe, countries all over the world are barbarians, not our competitors at all!

他們似乎忘記了國與國之間的競爭，或者在他們看來，除了英、美、西歐等“文明人”，世界各國都是野蠻人，根本不是我們的競爭對手！

Napoleon once said：Let China sleep, for when the Dragon awakes, she will shake the world. China is clearly now a force to be reckoned with in terms of technological innovation.

拿破崙曾經説過，讓中國繼續沉睡吧，因為當龍醒來時，她將震撼世界。中國現在顯然是一支在技術創新方面不可忽視的力量。

3、Thomas Pauken II

Many Americans thinks about foreign countries in terms of historical stereotypes. France is believed to be a nation of cowards, because the French Armies had run away from the battle fields twice against invading Germans in World Wars I and II.

許多美國人對外國的看法是帶有歷史成見的。法國被認為是一個懦夫的國家，因為在第一次世界大戰和第二次世界大戰中，法國軍隊在對抗入侵的德軍時，兩次從戰場上逃跑。

The British are viewed upon as monarchists and colonialists. Japan is perceived as a h-tech wonder world, while many Americans still hold a Cold War mentality and It doesn’t seem to realize that Russia and China are different from the past.

英國人被視為君王主義者和殖民主義者。日本被視為一個高科技奇蹟世界，而且許多美國人仍然抱着冷戰思維，似乎沒有意識到俄羅斯和中國已經與過去不同了。

In other words, this prejudice prevents Americans from “actively understanding” Chinese people, because under the condemnation of Pompeo, all behaviors that want to truly understand China, rather than just listen to the one-sided words of western public opinion, will be regarded as alien by their own family and friends!

換句話説，這種成見阻止了美國人與對中國人的“主動了解”，因為在蓬佩奧的譴責下，一切想要去真正瞭解中國，而不止是聽信西方輿論一面之詞的行為，都將被自己的家人和朋友視為異類！

Yes, I don’t want to admit it, but it’s true: today’s America is falling into “majority violence!”

是的，我不想承認，但這是真的：今天的美國正陷入“多數人暴力！”

4、Turn over strawberry jam

You may have a bad trip to China and if so it’s understandable, you lack a positive impression of the Chinese people. But when I’m meeting Americans who visited China for their first time, most of them were surprised and held a more optimistic viewpoint of the country.

你可能會有一個糟糕的中國之旅，如果這可以理解的話，那你缺乏對中國人民的積極印象。但是，我遇到的第一次訪問中國的美國人，他們中的大多數人都感到驚訝，並對中國持更樂觀的看法。

That’s because they likely had very low expectations ，Usually in the public opinion of the United States, Britain or any other western countries, China as a communist country is usually described as a “bad place”

那是因為他們的期望很低，通常在美國、英國或者其他任何西方國家的輿論認知中，中國作為一個共產主義國家通常被描述為一個“不美好得地方”

but instead they saw beautiful tourist sites and met regular people who treated them with friendship and respect.

但他們看到了美麗的旅遊景點，遇到了對他們友好和尊重的普通人。

Yes, there is no difference between Chinese and us. They are also kind, friendly, love their motherland and yearn for a better life. Their government is also great. They try their best to provide services for their people. Even in my opinion, in many ways, they even surpass the American government!

是的，中國人和我們沒有區別，他們也善良、友好，熱愛祖國，嚮往美好生活，他們的政府也很偉大，他們盡力為人民提供服務。在我看來，在很多方面，他們甚至超過了美國政府！

5、Smiling

Believe me, my friends！Don’t be prejudiced or hesitant。

相信我，我的朋友們！不要有偏見或猶豫。

So long as Americans come to China in a peaceful manner; following the laws and regulations of the country there’s no reason for the Chinese to treat them with a condescending attitude. The Chinese are strong believers in giving respect to people who show them respect.

只要美國人以和平的方式來中國;按照國家的法律法規，中國人沒有理由以一種居高臨下的態度對待他們。中國人非常相信尊重那些尊重他們的人。

Additionally, Americans are often surprised how clean Chinese cities are, compared with their hometowns because local sanitation workers pick up the trash every single day, while the police patrolling the streets keep crime rates low and the homeless are not permitted to harass local residents. That’s very different from most American cities, struggling with serious littering, high crime waves and homelessness.

此外，與我們的家鄉相比，美國人常常對中國城市的乾淨程度感到驚訝，因為當地的環衞工人每天都在清掃垃圾，在街上巡邏的警察可以把犯罪率控制在低水平，而且不允許流浪者騷擾當地居民。這與美國大多數城市的情況大不相同，這些城市正在與嚴重的亂丟垃圾、高犯罪率和流浪者作鬥爭。

China’s Central government has also focused on constructing massive and groundbreaking infrastructure to maintain a strong and vibrant domestic economy that can boost international trade and investment channels. For example, Beijing had recently opened a new airport in Daxing that mesmerized the global media with its unique and uplifting architecture.

中國還致力於建設大規模、開創性的基礎設施，以保持強大和充滿活力的國內經濟，促進國際貿易和增加投資渠道。例如，北京最近在大興新運行了一座機場，以其獨特和令人激動的建築吸引了全球媒體。

With the opening of the airport, Beijing has joined a group of cities, including New York and London, that have two-long haul international airports”

隨着機場的開通，北京躋身於包括紐約和倫敦在內的擁有兩個長途國際機場的城市行列。

China has many more infrastructure projects under construction, which demonstrates how the nation has already transformed in to a very advanced stage.

中國還有許多基礎設施項目正在建設中，這表明中國已經進入了一個非常先進的階段。

6、Larry Chao

I have worked in a company in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. My observation is that most American people are not very interested in knowing what happens in other countries, no matter it is Europe, Asia, or even their neighbor Canada.

我在洛杉磯的一家公司工作了20多年。我的觀察是，大多數美國人不是很有興趣去了解其他國家發生的事情，不管是歐洲、亞洲，還是他們的鄰居加拿大。

Most of my coworkers have never been to any foreign country, not even nearby Canada or Mexico. If you ask them where Kobe is ? They might confuse and think you are talking about NBA star Kobe Bryant, because very few of them know Kobe is a city in Japan. Most of Americans might have heard some big city names like Shanghai and Beijing, but they don’t know anything else about those cities except for very tiny number of people who have traveled to those places.

我的大部分同事從未去過任何外國國家，甚至連加拿大和墨西哥都沒有。如果你問他們kobe在哪裏？他們可能會覺得你在説NBA球星科比·布萊恩特，因為很少有人知道kobe（神户港市）是日本的一座城市。大多數美國人可能聽説過一些大城市的名字，比如上海和北京，但他們對這些城市一無所知，只有極少數人去過那些地方。

I believe most of Chinese know Bush, Obama, Clinton and Trump, but very few Americans know foreign leaders.

我相信大多數中國人認識布什、奧巴馬、克林頓和特朗普，但很少有美國人認識外國領導人。

Another major reason that Americans don’t know how advanced China has become is that news media here in the U.S. rarely report any good things about China, no matter media of left or right, CNN or FOX. They all don’t want to see a strong China.

美國人不知道中國有多先進的另一個主要原因是，美國的新聞媒體很少報道任何有關中國的好消息，不管是左派還是右派，CNN還是福克斯。他們都不想看到一個強大的中國。

7、Heavenly Knight

Aha, you said the central point!

啊哈，你説到了重點！

Americans don’t want their own people to know about China’s development, because if we report on China’s maglev train and high-speed rail, we will know how dilapidated the New York subway is!

美國人不想讓自己的人民知道中國的發展，因為如果報道中國的磁懸浮列車和高鐵，我們就會知道紐約地鐵有多破舊！

As for now? We are also the first country in the world. Our people enjoy the most superior life. What a sweet dream!

至於現在？我們還是世界第一的國家，我們的人民享有最優越的生活。多甜蜜的夢啊！

雖然，對於網友“Heavenly Knight”的算不上善意的揣測，老鐵並不表示認可，但是一些客觀的現實，卻時刻提醒着我們一些被忽略的因素：

美國的新聞媒體很少報道任何有關中國的好消息，不管是左派還是右派，CNN還是福克斯。他們都不想看到一個強大的中國。

究竟是狂妄自大式的固步自封，還是西方輿論霸權下的刻意掩蓋？

歷史會給出最公正的回答！