president clinton:
thank you chairmen ren, vice president chi, vice minister wei. we are delighted to be here today with a very large american delegation, including the first lady and our daughter, who is a student at stanford, one of the schools with which beijing university has a relationship. we have six members of the united states congress; the secretary of state; secretary of commerce; the secretary of agriculture; the chairman of our council of economic advisors; senator sasser, our ambassador; the national security advisor and my chief of staff, among others. i say that to illustrate the importance that the united states places on our relationship with china.
i would like to begin by congratulating all of you, the students, the faculty, the administrators, on celebrating the centennial year of your university. gongxi, beida.
as i'm sure all of you know, this campus was once home to yenching university which was founded by american missionaries. many of its wonderful buildings were designed by an american architect. thousands of americans students and professors have come here to study and teach. we feel a special kinship with you.
i am, however, grateful that this day is different in one important respect from another important occasion 79 years ago. in june of 1919, the first president of yenching university, john leighton stuart, was set to deliver the very first commencement address on these very grounds. at the appointed hour, he appeared, but no students appeared. they were all out leading the may 4th movement for china's political and cultural renewal. when i read this, i hoped that when i walked into the auditorium today, someone would be sitting here. and i thank you for being here, very much.
over the last 100 years, this university has grown to more than 20,000 students. your graduates are spread throughout china and around the world. you have built the largest university library in all of asia. last year, 20 percent of your graduates went abroad to study, including half of your math and science majors. and in this anniversary year, more than a million people in china, asia, and beyond have logged on to your web site. at the dawn of a new century, this university is leading china into the future.
i come here today to talk to you, the next generation of china's leaders, about the critical importance to your future of building a strong partnership between china and the united states.
the american people deeply admire china for its thousands of years of contributions to culture and religion, to philosophy and the arts, to science and technology. we remember well our strong partnership in world war ii. now we see china at a moment in history when your glorious past is matched by your present sweeping transformation and the even greater promise of your future.
just three decades ago, china w ……此处隐藏18993个字……arty, said in beijing friday that the majority in taiwan would not accept the policy of "desinification ," which is aimed at severing ties between the chinese mainland and taiwan.
it's "a pity" that some political forces in taiwan have been advocating such "an extreme idea", said lien when answering a question at the end of his 40-minute speech at peking university."i'm sure that the majority of taiwan people will not take on their shoes," said lien, who described the efforts for "desinification" as something out of the imagination of the people in other countries and the mainland.
these "desinification" efforts have aroused great concern among taiwan people and even foreigners residing in taiwan, he added.
according to him, parents of numerous school children are now looking for resources other than public schools in taiwan to continue education in chinese history and culture.
"the parents hope their children could learn more about the creams of the chinese culture," lien said.
in his speech at the unversity, lien said it is the common aspiration of all chinese on both sides of the taiwan straits to seek reconciliation and dialog for the building of a win-win future.
"we should put the people first and give priority to the people's well-being. this is supported by all the chinese people, including the 23 million residents in taiwan and the 1.3 billion on the mainland."
"we're paving the way and building a bridge, and the people will be glad to see cross-straits dialog, reconciliation and cooperation, rather than confrontation or conflict," lien said.
before lien and his kmt delegation left taiwan for the chinese mainland, lien said a poll conducted in taiwan indicated 66 percent of the taiwan people support cross-straits
reconciliation and dialogue, while about 30 percent say it is unlikely to produceany concrete result.lien told his audience it is a historic opportunity to sum up the past and build a common future for both sides of the straits. "and this is very important," he said.
he said the chinese people on both sides of the taiwan straits should work together for peace and stability by "actively" maintaining the status quo.
"maintaining the status quo may be the best way to develop cross-straits relations, but it should not be done in a passive manner," lien said.
by maintaining the status quo, both sides should seek more common grounds while reserving differences and create a win-win future for all the chinese people across the straits, he said.he quoted a famous western saying "peace by pieces," saying that every chinese should contribute his "piece" of efforts to the promotion of peace across the taiwan straits, and every chinese should be held accountable for the well-being of the rest of the chinese on the globe.
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