o $4 billion, we are still just talking about replacing the viaduct. Dont get me wrong. I love the free speech and direct elections we American citizens enjoy. But there seems to be some things missing from our system, things like decisiveness and efficiency. China, of course, is an authoritarian country, with the Communist Party in power, even though communist in name only now. But the party and the people do share a sense of urgency about their nation-building. They are working hard against the clock for the time lost in the Mao era and for Chinas re-emergence as a world power it had once been. America is lucky not to have had a Cultural Revolution, a catastrophe to Chinas economic as well as cultural development. But our infrastructure is decades old and crumbling. The collapse of the Interstate 35 Bridge in Minneapolis, the failure of levees in New Orleans and the steam pipe explosion in New York City were disasters that happened. Those waiting to happen are deadly silent. For them, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta warned long ago, we need a constant beating of the drum. Maybe an alarm clock, too. America may have a美国《西雅图时报》7月2日发表Wendy Liu的文章，题目是America vs. China looking more like a tortoise-and-hare race（美国vs。中国：看上去像是龟兔赛跑）。文章把美国比作睡着了的兔子，而中国是坚定不移向前走的龟。但我觉得中国更像一只跑得兔子一样快的新种乌龟。Wendy Liu文章摘要如下（原文附后）：

o $4 billion, we are still just talking about replacing the viaduct. Dont get me wrong. I love the free speech and direct elections we American citizens enjoy. But there seems to be some things missing from our system, things like decisiveness and efficiency. China, of course, is an authoritarian country, with the Communist Party in power, even though communist in name only now. But the party and the people do share a sense of urgency about their nation-building. They are working hard against the clock for the time lost in the Mao era and for Chinas re-emergence as a world power it had once been. America is lucky not to have had a Cultural Revolution, a catastrophe to Chinas economic as well as cultural development. But our infrastructure is decades old and crumbling. The collapse of the Interstate 35 Bridge in Minneapolis, the failure of levees in New Orleans and the steam pipe explosion in New York City were disasters that happened. Those waiting to happen are deadly silent. For them, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta warned long ago, we need a constant beating of the drum. Maybe an alarm clock, too. America may have a
o $4 billion, we are still just talking about replacing the viaduct. Dont get me wrong. I love the free speech and direct elections we American citizens enjoy. But there seems to be some things missing from our system, things like decisiveness and efficiency. China, of course, is an authoritarian country, with the Communist Party in power, even though communist in name only now. But the party and the people do share a sense of urgency about their nation-building. They are working hard against the clock for the time lost in the Mao era and for Chinas re-emergence as a world power it had once been. America is lucky not to have had a Cultural Revolution, a catastrophe to Chinas economic as well as cultural development. But our infrastructure is decades old and crumbling. The collapse of the Interstate 35 Bridge in Minneapolis, the failure of levees in New Orleans and the steam pipe explosion in New York City were disasters that happened. Those waiting to happen are deadly silent. For them, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta warned long ago, we need a constant beating of the drum. Maybe an alarm clock, too. America may have a

   多年前，来自美国的礼品往往能博得中国人的啧啧赞叹。而现在，我生活在西安的母亲提醒我，不要从西雅图带礼物了。“美国落后了，”她说。

　　这可能有些夸张。但既然现在在美国买的东西都是中国制造的，那何必大包小包再带回中国？确实，如今从美国购买礼品回中国往往不得不把“中国制造”标签撕掉。

　　但别以为中国只是“世界工厂”，不妨看看他们在国内所做的———那是在建设一个崭新的国家。几年前，我母亲搬到西安一个住宅区，当时那里还是一片荒地，只有不多的几十幢房子。而今年，这个居民区有了超过650幢楼，而且购物街、学校、农贸市场、公共广场等配套齐全，甚至还有定期开往市区的班车。该居民区其实就是当今中国的写照。中国的高速铁路本来已是世界最长，如今很快将连接其所有省会城市。

　　再来看西雅图。我们的老大难问题阿拉斯加路高架桥又成了新闻。我xx搞不懂为什么一个工程会拖这么久。遭到地震损坏已10年了，其间选举已反反复复多次，州、市、县和港口举行的会议也数不清多少回了，更别提投入的资金已从20亿美元增至40亿美元。而现在我们仍在讨论修复这座高架桥。别误解我的意思，我热爱言论自由和美国公民的直接选举。但是我们的制度中好像缺了点什么，比如决策和效率。

　　美国很幸运，没有像中国那样遭遇严重破坏经济和文化发展的“文化大革命”。但我们的基础设施很多都是数十年前的，摇摇欲坠。而中国政府和人民却怀着建设国家的紧迫感。他们争分夺秒，想要弥补失去的时光。也许美国有个好制度，但我们似乎像打盹的兔子或开车时发短信的司机，而中国像是龟专心致志，一刻不停地往前赶。（汪析译，博主有补充） better system. But we seem to be either napping on it like the hare or driving while texting. China, the tortoise, however, is clearheaded, determined and racing ahead! Wendy Liu, author of Everything I Understand about America I Learned in Chinese Proverbs, is also recipient of 2010 Humanist Pioneer Award, American Humanist Association, for her work in cross-cultural understanding.

美国《西雅图时报》7月2日发表Wendy Liu的文章，题目是America vs. China looking more like a tortoise-and-hare race（美国vs。中国：看上去像是龟兔赛跑）。文章把美国比作睡着了的兔子，而中国是坚定不移向前走的龟。但我觉得中国更像一只跑得兔子一样快的新种乌龟。Wendy Liu文章摘要如下（原文附后）： 多年前，来自美国的礼品往往能博得中国人的啧啧赞叹。而现在，我生活在西安的母亲提醒我，不要从西雅图带礼物了。“美国落后了，”她说。 　　这可能有些夸张。但既然现在在美国买的东西都是中国制造的，那何必大包小包再带回中国？确实，如今从美国购买礼品回中国往往不得不把“中国制造”标签撕掉。 　　但别以为中国只是“世界工厂”，不妨看看他们在国内所做的———那是在建设一个崭新的国家。几年前，我母亲搬到西安一个住宅区，当时那里还是一片荒地，只有不多的几十幢房子。而今年，这个居民区有了超过650幢楼，而且购物街、学校、农贸市场、公共广场等配套齐全，甚至还有定期开往市区的班车。该居民区其实就是当今中国的写照。中国的高速铁路本来已是世界最长，如今很快将连接其所有省会城市。 　　再来看西雅图。我们的老大难问题阿拉斯加路高架桥又成了新闻。我xx搞不懂为什么一个工程会拖这么久。遭到地震损坏已10年了，其间选举已反反复复多次，州、市、县和港口举行的会议也数不清多少回了，更别提投入的资金已从20亿美元增至40亿美元。而现在我们仍在讨论修复这座高架桥。别误解我的意思，我热爱言论自由和美国公民的直接选举。但是我们的制度中好像缺了点什么，比如决策和效率。 　　美国很幸运，没有像中国那样遭遇严重破坏经济和文化发展的“文化大革命”。但我们的基础设施很多都是数十年前的，摇摇欲坠。而中国政府和人民却怀着建设国家的紧迫感。他们争分夺秒，想要弥补失去的时光。也许美国有个好制度，但我们似乎像打盹的兔子或开车时发短信的司机，而中国像是龟专心致志，一刻不停地往前赶。（汪析译，博主有补充） America vs. China looking more like a tortoise-and-hare race By Wendy Liu Special to The Times I STILL remember the oohs and aahs years ago in China when people admired a souvenir or present from America. Now I get an advance warning from my mother in Xian not to buy anything fAmerica vs. China looking more like a tortoise-and-hare race
By Wendy Liu
Special to The Times better system. But we seem to be either napping on it like the hare or driving while texting. China, the tortoise, however, is clearheaded, determined and racing ahead! Wendy Liu, author of Everything I Understand about America I Learned in Chinese Proverbs, is also recipient of 2010 Humanist Pioneer Award, American Humanist Association, for her work in cross-cultural understanding.
I STILL remember the oohs and aahs years ago in China when people admired a souvenir or present from America. Now I get an advance warning from my mother in Xi'an not to buy anything for my visit from Seattle. "America is falling behind," she added.
That may be a little exaggeration. The more popular refrain is that everything you buy in America is made in China, why carry the luggage? Why indeed. One almost had to resort to ripping the "Made in China" label from the presents one buys.
But if you think China only as the "world's factory," wait till you see what it is doing at home: building a new country. better system. But we seem to be either napping on it like the hare or driving while texting. China, the tortoise, however, is clearheaded, determined and racing ahead! Wendy Liu, author of Everything I Understand about America I Learned in Chinese Proverbs, is also recipient of 2010 Humanist Pioneer Award, American Humanist Association, for her work in cross-cultural understanding.
Take for example a tiny part of it from my hometown Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province and starting point of the ancient Silk Road.
A few years ago, when my mother first moved into this new residential compound on the bank of Ba River in the east of the city, there were at most a few dozen buildings. They were built on a patch of wasteland by an entrepreneur-developer. This year, the compound boasts more than 650 buildings, complete with its own shopping street, schools, farmers market, public square, clock tower, theater stage, park, not to say its own shuttle bus service to downtown Xi'an.
That was just one residential community in the Chan-Ba Ecological District, a newly developed environment-friendly district named after Rivers Chan and Ba. Driving around, one could also see the new 355-room five-star Kempinski Hotel, the permanent venue of Euro-Asia Economic Forum, a tall white suspension bridge spanning the water, a new international cargo center under construction, and all the preparations going on for the 2011 World Horticultural Expo the district was hosting.after Rivers Chan and Ba. Driving around, one could also see the new 355-room five-star Kempinski Hotel, the permanent venue of Euro-Asia Economic Forum, a tall white suspension bridge spanning the water, a new international cargo center under construction, and all the preparations going on for the 2011 World Horticultural Expo the district was hosting. The compound and district are really typical of China today. So is the China Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai, standing head and shoulders above all other pavilions. Same with its high-speed rail, already the worlds longest, soon to connect all its provincial capitals. Then it was back in Seattle. Our long-standing Alaskan Way Viaduct was in the news again. Mayor Mike McGinn had just hired his own consultant to study the proposed tunnel. But other City Council members believed he was trying to stop the project. As a voter, I am at a complete loss as to how a highway project could have been drawn out for so long. A decade after the earthquake damage, several election cycles and numerous state, city, county and port meetings later, not to say a projected cost of $2 billion growing t
The compound and district are really typical of China today. So is the China Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai, standing head and shoulders above all other pavilions. Same with its high-speed rail, already the world's longest, soon to connect all its provincial capitals.
Then it was back in Seattle. Our long-standing Alaskan Way Viaduct was in the news again. Mayor Mike McGinn had just hired his own consultant to study the proposed tunnel. But other City Council members believed he was trying to stop the project.
As a voter, I am at a complete loss as to how a highway project could have been drawn out for so long. A decade after the earthquake damage, several election cycles and numerous state, city, county and port meetings later, not to say a projected cost of $2 billion growing to $4 billion, we are still just talking about replacing the viaduct. better system. But we seem to be either napping on it like the hare or driving while texting. China, the tortoise, however, is clearheaded, determined and racing ahead! Wendy Liu, author of Everything I Understand about America I Learned in Chinese Proverbs, is also recipient of 2010 Humanist Pioneer Award, American Humanist Association, for her work in cross-cultural understanding.
Don't get me wrong. I love the free speech and direct elections we American citizens enjoy. But there seems to be some things missing from our system, things like decisiveness and efficiency.
China, of course, is an authoritarian country, with the Communist Party in power, even though communist in name only now. But the party and the people do share a sense of urgency about their nation-building. They are working hard against the clock for the time lost in the Mao era and for China's re-emergence as a world power it had once been.
America is lucky not to have had a Cultural Revolution, a catastrophe to China's economic as well as cultural development. But our infrastructure is decades old and crumbling.after Rivers Chan and Ba. Driving around, one could also see the new 355-room five-star Kempinski Hotel, the permanent venue of Euro-Asia Economic Forum, a tall white suspension bridge spanning the water, a new international cargo center under construction, and all the preparations going on for the 2011 World Horticultural Expo the district was hosting. The compound and district are really typical of China today. So is the China Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai, standing head and shoulders above all other pavilions. Same with its high-speed rail, already the worlds longest, soon to connect all its provincial capitals. Then it was back in Seattle. Our long-standing Alaskan Way Viaduct was in the news again. Mayor Mike McGinn had just hired his own consultant to study the proposed tunnel. But other City Council members believed he was trying to stop the project. As a voter, I am at a complete loss as to how a highway project could have been drawn out for so long. A decade after the earthquake damage, several election cycles and numerous state, city, county and port meetings later, not to say a projected cost of $2 billion growing t
The collapse of the Interstate 35 Bridge in Minneapolis, the failure of levees in New Orleans and the steam pipe explosion in New York City were disasters that happened. Those waiting to happen are deadly silent. For them, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta warned long ago, we need a constant beating of the drum.
Maybe an alarm clock, too. America may have a better system. But we seem to be either napping on it like the hare or driving while texting. China, the tortoise, however, is clearheaded, determined and racing ahead!
Wendy Liu, author of "Everything I Understand about America I Learned in Chinese Proverbs," is also recipient of 2010 Humanist Pioneer Award, American Humanist Association, for her work in cross-cultural understanding.

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