渣打银行报告感叹中国变化快

时间:2007-09-27 18:56:42 来源:英语点津作者:互联网

Shanghai's Pudong district. [File Photo]

In October 2001, George W. Bush stepped out of his limousine in Shanghai's Pudong district for the first time in 26 years and uttered a single word: "Wow.''

The US president was reacting to the hyperactive growth on what had been a collection of empty fields when his father, George H.W. Bush, was US ambassador to China. In those 2 1/2 decades, several mini-Manhattans' worth of gleaming skyscrapers had gone up.

The Chinese media breathlessly reported how impressed Bush was by Shanghai's feats. Bush said how "very impressed'' he was with a city he described as "an amazing sight at night".

Were Bush to visit China's financial district today, he probably wouldn't recognize it all over again. We have all heard of "dog years,'' or the theory that for every year a human ages, dogs age by seven. Well, welcome to the age of "China years.''