国内英语资讯:Enter the Dragon: Xi Jinpings opening address to B&R forum_时事

国内英语资讯:Enter the Dragon: Xi Jinpings opening address to B&R forum

China stands ready to drive the development of Asia, Europe and Africa, with an agenda based on a spirit almost as old as the myths of dragons themselves: The spirit of the ancient Silk Road.

Peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit is what Xi associates with this ancient trade route. This is not only the right path for our shared future, but is the only option we have at this time.

"We find ourselves in a world fraught with challenges. Global growth requires new drivers, development needs to be more inclusive and balanced, and the gap between the rich and the poor needs to be narrowed," Xi told the forum.

Conflict has emerged on so many levels in modern times. Countries are literally torn apart by violence, terrorism and poverty. Those once great nations like the United States, Britain and France, the former guiding lights of freedom, equality and brotherhood, are more divided than ever. On one side stand those ready to open their hearts and minds to a better future, while on the other huddle those who would close their borders and lock themselves in a dark room, blaming everyone for their ills except themselves.

In some developed countries people are arguing about how much money a politician spends on their interior decoration, while in the developing world many people are united by the desire for a roof over their head.

As people in England complain about hose-pipe bans in the summer and Donald Trump's golf courses turn brown at the edges, in Africa only 5 percent of agricultural land is irrigated.