2019年CRI Martin Jacques: China can lead the campaign of reversing de-globalization

 

Martin Jacques, a noted¹ China expert from the UK, says he believes China can take on a leading role in reviving globalization, which he suggests has been stalled for the moment.

CRI's Tu Yun caught up with Martin Jacques ahead of the G20 summit, which is set to get underway tomorrow in the Japanese city of Osaka, asking him about the current situation when it comes to the current trade dispute between China and the US.

Martin Jacques: A certain degree of, you can call it de-globalization, in that situation, the United States, by putting up protectionist barriers weakens competition within the United States, cuts itself off from some of the more dynamic companies and products in the global economy, particularly emanating² from China. At the same time, in effect, it withdraws from the Chinese economy. And the difficulty then is that inevitably³ it is going to affect the competitiveness of American companies and the American economy, because you need encouragement, the incentive⁴, the challenge of competition to be able to develop and advance. In my view, the country that is going to be most adversely⁵ affected⁶ by that is not China but the United States.

Tu Yun: You said China will have to win to live in a world that is increasingly divided and which the United State is seeking to isolate⁷. How?

Martin Jacques: Oh, I think that China has very clear view of how it wants to develop, the industries in which it needs to do well, 2025, that kind of approach. It also invests very heavily in research and development, encouraging research and development, large numbers of science and technology students and so on. So China has its strategic vision of moving in this direction. One,two. China is an extremely competitive economy. I mean not just competitive with outside firms or with foreign firms but competitive between Chinese companies in many ways, in many areas helps boost its competition. This is only going to help China develop. And thirdly China is not going to pull out in lots of areas in the world. I mean Look at Huawei, Huawei develops first of all not only in the developed economies but also in the developing economies, so that will continue with Huawei and lots of others firms as well, because for China, Chinese companies and the developing countries are often being actually more important than the developed countries.

Tu Yun: It seems you are quite positive about China's future role in leading the world. What makes you so certain about that?

Martin Jacques: I suppose my answer to that is, it's kind of a big question, really. That is that China has been rising since 1949, but especially since 1978. This has been unprecedented⁸ globally and remarkable⁹. When an economy has got that amount of momentum¹⁰ and traction¹¹, then I think it reflects much deeper processes within the society. China failed ever since, in my view, the early 19th century until 1949. But that didn't mean that China didn't have the potential to transform itself. So there was a lot of, if you like, potential, you know which had lay dormant¹² within China. And I think this is why China now has so much momentum, whereas the United States is displaying more or less the opposite characteristics.

Tu Yun: In what way can China lead?

Martin Jacques: In governance, in new products, in new technologies, in scientific research, in ways of organizing the economy, of Chinese governance.

Tu Yun: Last but not the least, what do you expect from this G20 Summit?

Martin Jacques: I think the first thing is, a lot of the world's attention on G20 will be, first and foremost, directed on what happens in the conversation between Trump¹³ and Xi Jinping. Inevitably, that is going to really affect people's attitude towards the success or otherwise, of the G20. If it doesn't get anywhere, the danger is the G20 is sidelined. People don't that much of interest in it when they should take some interest in it. I think there could be some concrete steps made in relation to some of the key problems. I mean further development of climate change, importance of green technology, very good points in the discussions about Africa. I mean if those came through, they will be very important. And I think China obviously plays an important role in that.

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 emanating   

v.从…处传出，传出( emanate的现在分词 )；产生，表现，显示

参考例句：

• Even so, there is a slight odour of potpourri emanating from Longfellow. 纵然如此，也还是可以闻到来自朗费罗的一种轻微的杂烩的味道。 来自辞典例句
• Many surface waters, particularly those emanating from swampy areas, are often colored to the extent. 许多地表水，特别是由沼泽地区流出的地表水常常染上一定程度的颜色。 来自辞典例句

3 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

4 incentive   

n.刺激；动力；鼓励；诱因；动机

参考例句：

• Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
• He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。

5 adversely   

ad.有害地

参考例句：

• We commented adversely upon the imbecility of that message of telegraphic style. 我们对着这条电报式的愚蠢的留言发泄了一通不满。
• Widely fluctuating exchange rates may adversely affect international trade. 浮动幅度很大的汇率可能会对国际贸易产生有害的影响。

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

8 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

9 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

10 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

11 traction   

n.牵引；附着摩擦力

参考例句：

• I'll show you how the traction is applied.我会让你看如何做这种牵引。
• She's injured her back and is in traction for a month.她背部受伤，正在作一个月的牵引治疗。

12 dormant   

adj.暂停活动的；休眠的；潜伏的

参考例句：

• Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态。
• This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.这座休眠火山突然爆发了。

13 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。