China, which remains a closed society in many ways, has an open mind, whereas the US is an open society with a closed mind. With Asia’s middle class set to skyrocket from roughly 500 million people today to 1.75 billion by 2020, the US will not be able to avoid the global economy’s new realities for much longer.
亚洲的这一深刻社会和智识转型极有可能让它从经济强势迈向全球领导。在很多方面仍是封闭社会的中国已经解放了思想，而美国却是思想封闭的开放社会。亚洲中产阶级将从当前的5亿人大幅增加到2020年的17.5亿人，美国无法长时间对全球经济新现实视而不见。