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Communication walls, I don't have to tell you -- the Internet -- have come tumbling down.
通信壁壘，不用我多說，隨著互聯網的出現也已不復存在了。
And of course the iron curtains, political walls have come tumbling down.
當然還有鐵幕的瓦解，政治壁壘已逐漸消除。
Now all of this has been tremendous for the world. Trade has increased. Here is just a little bit of data. In 1990,
所有這一切都對世界有巨大的影響。貿易增長了。我有一些數據來證明。1990年，
exports from China to the United States: 15 billion dollars. By 2007: over 300 billion dollars.
中國到美國的出口額是150億美元。到2007年，則超過了3000億美元。
And perhaps most remarkably, at the beginning of the 21st century, really for the first time in modern history, growth extended to almost all parts of the world.
也許最值得指出的是，在21世紀初，真的是第一次在現代歷史上，經濟增長的勢頭幾乎遍布世界各地。
So China, I've already mentioned, beginning around 1978, around the time of the death of Mao, growth -- ten percent a year.
我已經提到過中國，從1978年開始，大約在毛澤東去世的時候，開始了每年百分之十的經濟增長。
Year after year after year, absolutely incredible. Never before in human history have so many people been raised out of such great poverty as happened in China.
年復一年，真是難以置信！史無前例的是，中國把這么多人從貧困中解救出來。
China is the world's greatest anti-poverty program over the last three decades. India, starting a little bit later, but in 1990, begetting tremendous growth.
在過去三十年里，中國運行了世界上最成功的擺脫貧窮項目。印度開始的晚一些，但在1990年，開始了迅猛的增長。
Incomes at that time less than $1,000 per year. And over the next 18 years have almost tripled. Growth of six percent a year. Absolutely incredible.
當時的人均年收入還不到1000美元。而在接下來的18年幾乎增加了兩倍。每年經濟增長百分之六。絕對難以置信。
Now Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sub-Saharan Africa has been the area of the world most resistant to growth.
非洲，撒哈拉以南的非洲，撒哈拉以南的非洲是世界上最抗拒發展的地區。
