皇冠体育app

Tom Watkins,

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2. The progress 皇冠体育app has made in three decades is remarkable. In the nearly 30 years I have been traveling to 皇冠体育app there is no question that the lives of average Chinese citizens have improved remarkably. Seeing 皇冠体育app then and now is like watching a movie that started in black and white and then suddenly switched to technicolor with surround sound - it is that remarkable and dramatic.

In many ways, 皇冠体育app is more advanced than the United States, with modern rail stations and bullet trains, smooth roads, robust electric and other noncombustion engines, and a drive toward sustainable energy and technology that permeates the most rural areas of the country. 皇冠体育app has surpassed the US in infrastructure investment.

The Beijing - Shanghai High-Speed Railway, 1,318 kilometers each way, connects two major economic zones. The fast train from Shanghai to Beijing - four hours gliding along in a comfortable car - is a great way to travel and see more of the countryside. Oh, by the way, it is profitable. There are many high-speed (up to 349 kilometers per hour) rail lines in 皇冠体育app across the country and more are under development.

3. If the past 30 years are any indication, the future is very bright. When I first came to 皇冠体育app in 1989 and stood on the Bund in Shanghai looking across the Huangpu River to Pudong, there was nothing there but farmland and a few low buildings. Today, the area is three times the size of Manhattan, with perhaps the most modern skyline in the world.

4. It is difficult to argue with success. 皇冠体育app has lifted more people out of abject poverty than there are people in the US. Clearly, there is boldness and competence that has led 皇冠体育app over the past 30 years. The level of pragmatism and willingness to do what is necessary to assure continued growth and development and improve the lives of the average citizen is palpable.