芮成钢98年演讲(中英文对照).docVIP

Rui Cheng gang, Foreign Affair College　　Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen:　　Kipling said: East is east, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet! But now, a century later, they have met.　　They have met in business. They have met in education. They have met in the arts.　　Some would argue that these meetings leave us with a choice between East and West, but I believe the best future lies in the creative combination of both worlds. We can make Western ideas, customs and technology our own, and adapt them to our own use. We can enjoy the best of all worlds, because our tradition i