清醒的美国人：不要让美国人民知道中国的发展_风闻

据国家统计局数据显示：

2018年，我国GDP数值相较上一年同比增长6.6%，首次突破90万亿，位列世界第二！

而在此之下，中国全年外贸货物进出口总额达30万亿元，比上年增长9.7%、全年全国规模以上工业增加值比上年实际增长6.2%、全年社会消费品零售总额380987亿元，比上年增长9.0%！

虽然，从人均角度讲中国与西方发达国家之间依旧存在相当差距，但是从当前世界人类发展程度来看，今天的中国在仅仅几十年所取得的诸多总体性成就，都可谓优异。

然而就是在这样一种现实剧变的境况下，西方世界对于中国的印象，却依旧陌生且刻板。

1、Seth Oteng

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

美国民众对中国民众既不了解，也没有接触过。

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

甚至美国学生学习关于中国的知识时，也只能用为数不多美国人编写的教材。

In the minds of Many Americans, China looks this

在许多美国人心中，中国是这样子的

And this

以及这样

and even this

甚至这样

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

难道整个中国都有这样的人口问题吗？为什么媒体总是将目光集中在贫穷地区，而不是去关注积极的发展呢？

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!

作为一名在中国生活了六年的美国人，我为自己国家普通民众的傲慢与刻板感到恐惧：我们对中国的了解几乎是全盘荒谬的，这像极了一百多年前中国对世界的了解！

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，在东部城市青岛，一辆设计时速600公里的磁悬浮列车原型车从生产线上下线。中国首列高速磁悬浮列车试验样机的亮相，标志着中国在高速磁悬浮运输系统方面的重大突破。

At the same time, what are we doing?

与此同时，我们在干嘛呢？

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

瑞典女孩格丽塔还在继续她的罢课之旅，然后贬斥政府“葬送了我们的未来”！

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!

这得到了美国环保人士的欢迎，他们开始谴责全世界的发展中国家不支持环保，然后就是狂欢与口号！

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!

他们似乎忘记了国与国之间的竞争，或者在他们看来，除了英、美、西欧等“文明人”，世界各国都是野蛮人，根本不是我们的竞争对手！

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.

拿破仑曾经说过，让中国继续沉睡吧，因为当龙醒来时，她将震撼世界。中国现在显然是一支在技术创新方面不可忽视的力量。

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.

许多美国人对外国的看法是带有历史成见的。法国被认为是一个懦夫的国家，因为在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战中，法国军队在对抗入侵的德军时，两次从战场上逃跑。

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.

英国人被视为君王主义者和殖民主义者。日本被视为一个高科技奇迹世界，而且许多美国人仍然抱着冷战思维，似乎没有意识到俄罗斯和中国已经与过去不同了。

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!

换句话说，这种成见阻止了美国人与对中国人的“主动了解”，因为在蓬佩奥的谴责下，一切想要去真正了解中国，而不止是听信西方舆论一面之词的行为，都将被自己的家人和朋友视为异类！

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

是的，我不想承认，但这是真的：今天的美国正陷入“多数人暴力！”

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.

你可能会有一个糟糕的中国之旅，如果这可以理解的话，那你缺乏对中国人民的积极印象。但是，我遇到的第一次访问中国的美国人，他们中的大多数人都感到惊讶，并对中国持更乐观的看法。

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”

那是因为他们的期望很低，通常在美国、英国或者其他任何西方国家的舆论认知中，中国作为一个共产主义国家通常被描述为一个“不美好得地方”

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

但他们看到了美丽的旅游景点，遇到了对他们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，中国人和我们没有区别，他们也善良、友好，热爱祖国，向往美好生活，他们的政府也很伟大，他们尽力为人民提供服务。在我看来，在很多方面，他们甚至超过了美国政府！

5、Smiling

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

相信我，我的朋友们！不要有偏见或犹豫。

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.

只要美国人以和平的方式来中国;按照国家的法律法规，中国人没有理由以一种居高临下的态度对待他们。中国人非常相信尊重那些尊重他们的人。

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，与我们的家乡相比，美国人常常对中国城市的干净程度感到惊讶，因为当地的环卫工人每天都在清扫垃圾，在街上巡逻的警察可以把犯罪率控制在低水平，而且不允许流浪者骚扰当地居民。这与美国大多数城市的情况大不相同，这些城市正在与严重的乱丢垃圾、高犯罪率和流浪者作斗争。

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.

中国还致力于建设大规模、开创性的基础设施，以保持强大和充满活力的国内经济，促进国际贸易和增加投资渠道。例如，北京最近在大兴新运行了一座机场，以其独特和令人激动的建筑吸引了全球媒体。

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”

随着机场的开通，北京跻身于包括纽约和伦敦在内的拥有两个长途国际机场的城市行列。

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

中国还有许多基础设施项目正在建设中，这表明中国已经进入了一个非常先进的阶段。

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.

我在洛杉矶的一家公司工作了20多年。我的观察是，大多数美国人不是很有兴趣去了解其他国家发生的事情，不管是欧洲、亚洲，还是他们的邻居加拿大。

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.

我的大部分同事从未去过任何外国国家，甚至连加拿大和墨西哥都没有。如果你问他们kobe在哪里？他们可能会觉得你在说NBA球星科比·布莱恩特，因为很少有人知道kobe（神户港市）是日本的一座城市。大多数美国人可能听说过一些大城市的名字，比如上海和北京，但他们对这些城市一无所知，只有极少数人去过那些地方。

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

我相信大多数中国人认识布什、奥巴马、克林顿和特朗普，但很少有美国人认识外国领导人。

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.

美国人不知道中国有多先进的另一个主要原因是，美国的新闻媒体很少报道任何有关中国的好消息，不管是左派还是右派，CNN还是福克斯。他们都不想看到一个强大的中国。

7、Heavenly Knight

Aha, you said the central point!

啊哈，你说到了重点！

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!

美国人不想让自己的人民知道中国的发展，因为如果报道中国的磁悬浮列车和高铁，我们就会知道纽约地铁有多破旧！

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

至于现在？我们还是世界第一的国家，我们的人民享有最优越的生活。多甜蜜的梦啊！

虽然，对于网友“Heavenly Knight”的算不上善意的揣测，老铁并不表示认可，但是一些客观的现实，却时刻提醒着我们一些被忽略的因素：

美国的新闻媒体很少报道任何有关中国的好消息，不管是左派还是右派，CNN还是福克斯。他们都不想看到一个强大的中国。

究竟是狂妄自大式的固步自封，还是西方舆论霸权下的刻意掩盖？

历史会给出最公正的回答！