2018年CRI Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir eyes deeper ties with China

 

Malaysia expects to deepen and strengthen its relationship with China in various fields, especially in technology, said visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday.

"China has made tremendous progress. It is now coming up with new technologies and new systems and this has improved the wealth and economic performance of China. We'd like to learn something about that so that we can prosper¹ our own country," Mahathir told CGTN in an exclusive interview.

Before his arrival in Beijing, Mahathir visited China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba and a leading Chinese auto² manufacturer Geely in east China's Hangzhou city on Saturday.

He spoke³ highly of Jack⁴ Ma, saying Ma's ideas have contributed much to business, in particular helping⁵ smaller industries. And he expects Malaysia's small and medium-sized enterprises to take advantage of Alibaba's strategy of developing the digital economy in Malaysia.

In June, Alibaba launched a new office in Malaysia, which was the company's first office in Southeast Asia.

“This will bring small producers from the villages into the market. Because now the market is open, even to the smallest producer of goods or services,” he said.

When asked about Malaysia's role to promote better cooperation since it's one of the biggest economies in ASEAN countries, Mahathir said he'd like to see Malaysia as kind of a model.

“We would experiment with new ideas, new technology. If we succeed, other ASEAN countries would adopt the system... It will help improve the economy throughout the whole of Southeast Asia,” he explained.

1 prosper   

v.成功，兴隆，昌盛；使成功，使昌隆，繁荣

参考例句：

• With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管，公司开始兴旺起来。
• It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。

2 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。