參考消息網1月26日報道 據美國福克斯商業網站1月25日報道，微軟公司聯合創始人比爾·蓋茨23日在澳大利亞接受采訪時表示，中國崛起是“世界的巨大勝利”。
蓋茨是在接受澳大利亞的智庫洛伊研究所采訪時發表上述言論的。
據報道，蓋茨說：“我傾向於將中國崛起視為世界的巨大勝利。我的意思是，那是人類中的近20%。今天，他們在全球經濟中的比重與他們在全球人口中的比重完全匹配。而你要知道，像澳大利亞、美國等國家人均國內生產總值是中國人的五倍。因此，我們在世界經濟中所占的份額不成比例。”
據報道，針對他對中國有多“樂觀”提問，他作出了這一回答。
他說：“你要知道，我的確認為美國當前對中國及其回應的思維方式是一種雙輸心態。如果你問美國政客‘嘿，你希望中國經濟收縮20%還是增長20%’，我怕他們會投票支持‘是的，讓我們去搞窮那些人’，而不明白對於全球經濟、癌症藥物的發明、氣候變化的解決來說，我們要齊心合力。”
據報道，在采訪中，蓋茨還說，美國在政治上處於衰弱狀態，中國等國家需要在世界治理中發揮更大作用。
蓋茨說：“我要說，美國今天在政治上比過去更衰弱，你要知道，這對世界來說很可怕。當前的世界體係是以美國為首設計的。隨著其他國家越來越富裕，包括中國和印度在內的這些中等收入國家需要在世界治理中發揮更大作用。”
Bill Gates says China's rise is a 'huge win for the world'
https://news.yahoo.com/bill-gates-says-chinas-rise-223215100.html
Michelle De Pacina
In a new interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he views China's global ascent as a "huge win for the world."
As the East Asian nation’s economy has seen major growth in recent years, the billionaire commented positively on China when he was asked by Michael Fullilove, executive director of Australia-based think tank the Lowy Institute, at an in-person event on Monday how “bullish” he was on the country.
I tend to see China's rise as a huge win for the world. I mean, that's 20% of humanity. They today match their portion of the global economy, and their portion of the global population match exactly, you know, countries like Australia, U.S., we have per capita GDP’s five times what the Chinese have. So we have a disproportionate share of the world's economy.
You know, I do think the current mentality of the U.S. to China — and which is reciprocated — is kind of a lose-lose mentality. If you ask U.S. politicians, ‘Hey, would you like the Chinese economy to shrink by 20% or grow by 20%?' I'm afraid they would vote that, ‘Yeah, let’s immiserate those people,' not understanding that for the global economy, the invention of cancer drugs, the solution of climate change, you know we're all in this together. We’re humans. We innovate together, and we have to change the modern industrial economy together in a pretty dramatic fashion.
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The billionaire also noted that the U.S. is politically in a weak state, adding that China and India have to play bigger roles in world governance.
The U.S. is politically weaker today, I would say, than it's been, and you know, that's scary for the world. The current world system is designed around U.S. leadership. As other countries have gotten richer, these middle-income countries including China and India need to play a stronger role in world governance.
The U.S. and China’s relationship has been strained over geopolitical issues and trade disagreements in recent years, most notably the sovereignty of Taiwan.
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Preparing for global challenges: In conversation with Bill Gates
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/event/preparing-global-challenges-conversation-bill-gates
The philanthropist, technologist, innovator and investor Bill Gates spoke in conversation with Executive Director Michael Fullilove about global challenges.
On 23 January 2023, the Lowy Institute hosted philanthropist and investor Bill Gates for an in-person event. Mr Gates spoke in conversation with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove about global health, pandemic preparedness, food security and climate change.
Bill Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975, growing the company into a global leader in business and personal software. In 2008, Gates shifted focus to the Gates Foundation’s work on increasing opportunities for the world’s most disadvantaged people. Through the Foundation, he has spent more than 20 years working on global health and development issues including pandemic prevention; disease eradication; maternal, newborn and child health; agricultural development; and water, sanitation and hygiene. In 2010, he co-founded the Giving Pledge to encourage the wealthiest families and individuals to publicly commit more than half their wealth to philanthropic causes and charitable organisations during their lifetime or in their will.
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