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丝绸之路

The Silk Road in the 21st Century
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liǎng qiān两千duō nián多年qián前,sī chóu zhī lù丝绸之路lián jiē连接le了zhōng guó中国、zhōng yà中亚、zhōng dōng中东hé和ōu zhōu欧洲。

More than 2,000 years ago, the Silk Road connected China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

sī chóu丝绸、cí qì瓷器、xiāng liào香料、zhī shí知识hé和wén huà文化dōu都tōng guò通过zhè xiē这些dào lù道路zǒu xiàng走向yuǎn fāng远方。

Silk, porcelain, spices, knowledge, and culture all traveled far along these routes.

jīn tiān今天,zhōng guó中国tuī dòng推动xīn新de的sī chóu zhī lù丝绸之路。

Today, China is promoting a new Silk Road.

tā它bù zài不再shǐ yòng使用luò tuó骆驼,ér shì而是tōng guò通过tiě lù铁路、gōng lù公路、gǎng kǒu港口、shí yóu石油hé和tiān rán qì天然气guǎn dào管道、wǎng luò网络diàn lǎn电缆jí及wù liú物流zhōng xīn中心,bǎ把yà zhōu亚洲yǔ与ōu zhōu欧洲、fēi zhōu非洲děng等dì地lián jiē连接qǐ lái起来。

It no longer uses camels. Instead, it connects Asia with Europe, Africa, and other places through railways, highways, ports, oil and natural gas pipelines, internet cables, and logistics centers.

zhōng guó中国xī wàng希望fā zhǎn发展mào yì贸易,yě也ràng让néng yuán能源hé和shāng pǐn商品yùn shū运输gèng更ān quán安全。

China hopes to develop trade and also make the transport of energy and goods safer.

bù guò不过,dào lù道路hé和gǎng kǒu港口bù不zhǐ yǒu只有jīng jì经济zuò yòng作用,yě也huì会dài lái带来guó jì国际yǐng xiǎng lì影响力。

However, roads and ports do not only have economic functions; they also bring international influence.

yīn cǐ因此,měi guó美国、é luó sī俄罗斯、ōu méng欧盟hé和yìn dù印度děng等yě也zài在jiàn shè建设zì jǐ自己de的yùn shū运输lù xiàn路线。

Therefore, the United States, Russia, the European Union, and India, among others, are also building their own transport routes.

lā dīng měi zhōu拉丁美洲de的yī xiē一些guó jiā国家yě也xī wàng希望lì yòng利用gǎng kǒu港口hé和dì lǐ wèi zhì地理位置,gèng hǎo更好dì地lián jiē连接dà xī yáng大西洋、tài píng yáng太平洋yǔ与yà zhōu亚洲shì chǎng市场。

Some countries in Latin America also hope to use their ports and geographic locations to better connect the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and Asian markets.

xiàn zài现在,dà guó大国zhī jiān之间de的jìng zhēng竞争bù不zhǐ只fā shēng发生zài在zhàn chǎng战场shàng上,yě也fā shēng发生zài在tiě lù铁路、gǎng kǒu港口、hǎi shàng海上tōng dào通道hé和shù zì数字wǎng luò网络zhōng中。

Today, competition among major powers takes place not only on battlefields, but also in railways, ports, sea routes, and digital networks.

shuí谁néng能jiàn shè建设hé和guǎn lǐ管理wèi lái未来de的dào lù道路,shuí谁jiù就kě néng可能zài在shì jiè jīng jì世界经济zhōng中yǒu有gèng更dà大de的yǐng xiǎng lì影响力。

Whoever can build and manage the routes of the future may have greater influence in the world economy.

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