但我不认为这些在欧洲历史上发生过的事，会不可避免地在中美之间重演。对美国而言，如果相信欧洲历史会重演，那先驱者们为什么要开辟美洲新大陆？对中国来说，我们有悠久而独特的文明。上述16个历史案例所涉及的国家中，有哪个是运用综合调理以达阴阳平衡的中医来看病的？有哪个是协调手指使用筷子来吃饭的？有哪个是应用单字能独立表意、组合则衍生不同含义的方块字来表达的？ 

But I don't think what happened in the past in Europe is inevitable for our two countries. For America, if you believe so, then why did the American founding fathers come to the New Continent in the first place? For China, it has its own long history of civilization. Out of all the countries in these 16 historical cases, how many of them practice a type of medicine that takes the body as an integral whole with achieving balance as the key? How many of them use chopsticks that emphasize the coordination of fingers? How many of them use characters in their languages and each character standing on its own would need a good structure, but together they could make numerous combinations in a very flexible way and mean a lot of different things.

　　当然，我不是说中华文化一枝独秀，而是我们确实有不同的选择，可以找到更好的替代方式。中华文明一直强调和谐、协调、灵活、开放、宽容，如果我们能充分运用这些价值观，相信中美两国必能找到一条新的道路，建立新型大国关系。诚然，避免坠入“陷阱“的最好办法就是开辟一条新路，这是我们两国面临的共同任务，也是我们理应担当的国际和历史责任。

　　为了实现这些目标，需要有人来指明道路并绘制路线，这就是我们需要智库的原因。相信来自CSIS和人大重阳的专家学者们能发挥好这样的作用。期待从各位的讨论中受益。

　　谢谢！

I am not suggesting that the Chinese culture is exceptional; what I am saying is that we do have a different choice; we do have a good alternative. The Chinese civilization and culture has all along stressed the values of harmony, cohesion, flexibility, openness and tolerance. If we give full play to all these values, I am sure our two countries can find a new path and build a new type of relations between major countries. And indeed, the best way of avoiding a trap is to open a new path. And this is I believe a common task for our two countries and our shared responsibility to the world and to history. Of course, in order to achieve these goals, we need people to show us the way forward, we need people to draw up the roadmaps. That's why we need people in think tanks, people in CSIS and in RDCY to help us and guide us. I look forward to benefiting from your discussions here today.

Thank you!