China Emerging, 1978–2008

Are we psychologically and ethically prepared to meet the rise of commercial prosperity?

开放弧收束为自问，plot 90。

In 1978, a tiny giant, Deng Xiaoping, stepped onto the world stage for the second time.

人物引擎，cast 88。

Ten years of the throes of the Cultural Revolution and more than twenty years of a “planned economy” had placed the country on the verge of collapse.

危机压缩开场，pace 89。

“A hint of sunlight is finally breaking through the coldness, bringing a small measure of warmth to people’s lives.”

引新华婉笔，prose 90。

There was just one bank in the whole of China. There were no insurance companies and no financial institutions.

制度真空地理，world 96。

he winter of 1978 was particularly cold. A thin shaft of light penetrated the grayness of Beijing

气候即政局钩，hook 95。

World-class prestige and world-class risk will lurk, like a pair of twins

双生隐喻收束编年，innov 88。

we must maintain a necessary sense of alertness, not because we are afraid, but because a mature nation is expected to do so.

警觉收束，ending 94。