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nihao.itissuchapleasantandanhonortobehereallofyouatthisgreatuniversity…thankyousomuchforhavingme。

and before i get started today，on behalf of myself and my husband，ijustwanttosayafewverybriefwordsabovemalaysian ( SIC ) airlineflhight

as my husband has said，Theunite DSTATESISOFERININGASMRERCESSISTinthesearch。

andpleaseknowthatwearekeepingallthefamiliesandlovedonesofthoseonthisflightinourthoughtsandprayersatthisverydifficulttime。

and with that， iwanttostartbyrecognizingournewsambassadortochinaambassadorbaucus…president Wang…chairman Zhu…vice president Li.director profer presidentsextonfromnewyorkuniversitywhichasanexcellentstudyabroadprograminshanghai…andjohods n，directorofthegloballeadershipe

and most of all，iwanttothankallofthestudentforbeingheretoday…andiparticularywanttothankericschaferandzhuxuanbaoforthatxtraror

thatwassuchapowerfulsymbolofeverythingiwanttotalkwithyouabouttoday。

you see，bylearningeachother’s languages-andbyshowingsuchcuriosityandrespectforeachother’scultures-Mr.schaferandms.zhuan DLL

Andi’mheretodaybecauseiknowthatourfuturedependsonconnectionsliketheseamongyourpeoplelikeyouacrosstheglobe。

that’swhywhenmyhusbandanditravelabroad，we don’tjustvisitpalacesandparliamentandmeetwitheadsofstate。

wealsocometoschoolslikethisonetomeetwithstudentslikeyou。

becausewebelievethatrelationshipsbetweennationsarenotjustaboutrelationshipbetweengovernmentsorleaders…they’reaboutrelationshi

soweviewstudyabroadprogramsnotjustasaneducationalopportunityforstudents…butalsoasavitalpartofamerica’sforeignpolicy。

you see，throughthewondersofmoderntechnology，ourworldismoreconnectedthaneverbefore。

ideascancrossoceanwiththeclickofabutton。

companiescandobusinessandcompletewithcompaniesacrosstheglobe。

and we can text，emailandskypewithpeopleoneverycontinent。

sostudyingabroadisn’tjustafunwaytospendasemester-it’squicklybecomingthekeytosuccessinourglobaleconomy。

becausegettingaheadintoday’sworkplacesisn’tjustaboutgettinggoodgradesortestscoresinschool…it’salsoabouthavingrexpert thewore cewithlanguages，culturesandsocietiesverydifferentfromyourown。

or，asthechinesesayinggoes :“itisbettertotraveltenthousandmilesthantoreadtenthousandbooks”。

butlet’sbe clear，studyingabroadisaboutsomuchmorethanimprovingyourownfuture-it’salsoaboutshapingthefutureofyourcountries

becausewhenitcomestothedefiningchallengesofourtime-whether it’sclimatechange，or economic opportunity，orthespreadofuclar

nonecountrycanconfrontthemalone ... theonlywayforwardistogether。

that’swhyit’ssoimportantforyoungpeoplelikeyoutoliveandstudyineachother’s countries。

because that’showyoudevelopthabitofcooperation-youdoitbyimprovingyourselfinsomeone’sculture…bylearningeachother’ss bygete

that’showyoucometounderstandhowmuchweallshare。

and that’showyourealizethatweallhaveastakeineachother’s success-thatcuresdiscoveredhereinbeijingcouldsavelivesinamerica…。 leanenergytechnologiesfromsiliconvalleyincaliforniacouldimprovetheenvironmenthereinchina…thatthearchitectureofancienttemple

and that’swhentheconnectionsyoumakeasclassmatesorlabmatescanblossomintosomethingmore。

that’swhathappenedwhenabigailcoplinbecameanamericanfulbrightscholarhereatpekinguniversity。

sheandhercolleaguespublishedpaperstogetherintopsciencejournals…andtheybothresearchpartnershipsthatlastedlongaftertheyrenerners

professorniukefrompekinguniversitywasfulbrightscholarintheu.s.last year…andhereported，and i quote，themostmemorablexpexper

theselastingbondsrepresentthetruevalueofstudyingabroad…andiamthrilledthatmoreandmorestudentsaregettingthisopportunity。

chinaiscurrentlythefifthmostpopulardestinationforamericansstudyingabroad。

and today，thehighestnumberofexchangestudentsintheu.s.arefromchina。

but still，toomanystudentsneverhavethischance…andsomethatdoarehesitanttotakeit。

theymayfeellikestudyabroadisonlyforwealthystudents，orstudentsfromcertainkindsofuniversities。

ortheymaythinktothemselves :“well，that sounds fun，buthowwillitreallybeusefulinmylife？ ”。

iunderstandwheretheseyoungpeoplearecomingfrom，becauseifeltthesamewaywheniwasincollege。

you see，icamefromaworkingclassfamily…anditneverevenoccuredtometostudyabroad。

myparentdidn’tgettoattendcollege，andiwasfocusedongettingintoauniversityandearningmydegreesoicouldgetajobandsupportmyself。

andforalotofyoungpeoplelikemewhoarestrugglingtoaffordaregularsemesterofschoolpayingforplaneticketsorlivingexpensehalfwayaround

and that’snot acceptable，becausestudyabroadshouldn’tjustforstudentfromcertainbackgrounds。

ourhopeistobuildconnectionsbetweenpeopleofallracesandsocionomicbackgroundsbecauseisthatpersitythatmakesourcountrysovib rantant dprogramsshouldreflectthetruespiritofamericatotheworld。

that’swhy，whenmyhusbandvisitedchinabackin 2009，heannouncedour 100，000 stronginitiativetoincreasethenumberandpersitymaf

and this year，aswemarkthethirty-fifthanniversaryofthenormaliztaionofrelationsbetweenourcountries…theu.s.governmentactuallyss

we’resending high school， collegesandgraduatestudentsheretostudychinese…we’reinvitingteachersfromchinatoteachmandarininamericanschools ... we’Pre Nlinee howanttostudyintheu.s…andtheu.s.- chinafulbrightprogramisstillgoingstrongwithmorethan 3

theprivatesectorissteppingupaswell。

for example，steve schwarzman，theheadofanamericancompanycalledblackstone，isfundinganewprogramattsinghuauniversitymodelton

and today，studentsfromallkindsofbackgroundsarestudyinghereinchina。

taketheexampleofroyalenicholsonfromcleveland，ohiowhoattendsnewyorkuniversity’sprograminshanghai。

like me，royaleisafirstgenerationcollegestudent .. andhermotherworkedtwofulltimejobswhileherfatherworkednightstosupporttherfmar。

of her experience inshanghai，she said，“thiscityoozespersistenceandinspiresmetoaccomplishallthatican”。

and then there’sphilmonhailefromtheuniversityofwashingtonwhosefamilycametotheu.s.asrefugeeefromeritreawhenhewaschild。

of his experience studying inchina，he said，“studyabroadisapowerfulvehicleforpeople-to-peopleexchangeaswemoveintoanweracof”

aneweraofcitizendiplomacy-icouldn’thavesaiditbettermyself，because that’sreallywhati’mtalkingabout ... I’m talking。

andasialwaystellyoungpeoplebackinamerica，youdon’tneedtogetonaplanetobyacitizendiplomacy。

itellthemthatifyouhaveaninternetinyourhome，school，or library，within seconds，youcanbetransportedanywhereintheworldandmet

that’swhyi’mpostingadailytravelblogwithvideosandphotosofmyexperiencesinchina-becauseiwantyoungpeopleinamericatobepartf

that’sreallythepoweroftechnology-howitcanopenuptheentireworldandexposeustoideasandinnovationswenevercouldhaveimagined。

and that’swhyitissoimportantforinformationandideastoflowfreelyovertheinternetandthroughthemedia。

because that’showwediscoverthetruth .. that’showwelearnwhat’sreallyhappeninginourcommunities，our country and our world。

and that’showwedecidewhichvaluesandideaswethinkarebest-byquestioninganddebatingthemvigorously…bylisteningtoallsidesoverver

and believe me，iknowthiscanbeamessyandfrustratingprocess。

myhusbandandiareonthereceivingandofplentyofquestioningandcriticizingfromourmediaandourfelowcitizens ... and it’snotalwaysasey ..

because time and again，wehaveseenthatcountriesarestrongerandmoreprosperouswhenthevoicesandopinionsofalltheircitizenscanbherd

and as my husband said，werespecttheuniquenessofotherculturesandsocieties。

butwhenitcomestoexpressingyourselffreely，and worshipping as your choose，andhavingopenaccesstoinformation–webelievethoseareunive

webelievethatallpeopledeservetheopportunitytofulfilltheirhighestpotentialasiwasabletodointheunitedstates。

andasyoulearnaboutnewculturesandformnewfriendshipsduringyourtimehereinchinaandintheunitedstates，all of you are the living，bratetion

soiguaranteeyouthatinstudyingabroad，you’renotjustchangingyourownlife…you’rechangingthelivesofeveryoneyoumet。

asthegreatamericanpresidentjohnf.kennedyoncesaidaboutforeignstudentsstudyingintheu.s .，“Ithinktheyteachmorethanthelary”。

andthatisjustastrueofyoungamericanswhostudyabroad。

allofyouareamerica’s best face，and China’s best face，to the world。

every day，youshowtheworldyourcountries’energy，creativity，optimismandunwaveringbeliefinthefuture。

and every day，youremindusofjusthowmuchwecanachieveifwereachacrossborders…andlearntoseeourselvesineachother…andconfrontuser

soihopeyouwillkeepseekingthesekindsofexperiences。

andihopeyou’llkeepteachingeachother…andlearningfromeachother…andbuildingbondsoffriendshipthatwillenrichyourlivesanderich

you all have so much to offer，andicannotwaittoseeallthatyouachievetogetherintheyearsahead。

thank you so much. xie xie。

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