edtothisday:westillhavemanyparksandschoolswalledofffromthepublic.
foralongtime,wallswereoneofthemostnaturalthingsintheworldtome.
myperceptio,however,changedafterimadeahikingtriptotheeasternsuburofmycity.myclamatesandiwerewalkingwithsomeforeignstudents.aswewalkedoutofthecity,wefoundourselvesflankedbytalltrees,whichformedawidecanopyaboveourheads.suddenlyoneforeignstudentaskedme,“whereistheentrancetotheeasternsubur?”
“we''realreadyintheeasternsubur,”ireplied.heseemedtakenaback,“ithoughtyouchinesehadwallsforeverything.”hisremarksetoffaheateddebate.atonepoint,helikenedourwalledcitiesto“jails”,whileiiistedthattheeasternsuburwereoneofthemanyplacesinchinathathadnowalls.
thatdebatehadnowiers,butididlearnalotfromthisstudent.foritance,hetoldmethatsomemajoruniversitieslikeoxfordandcambridgewerenotsurroundedbywalls.ihavetoadmitthatwedohavemanywallsinchina,andaswedevelopourcountry,wemustlookcarefullyatthemanddecidewhethertheyarephysicalorintangible.wewillkeepsomewallsbutteardownthosethatimpedeourdevelopment.
letmegiveanotherexample.
ayearago,wheniwasworkingonatermpaper,ineededabookonbusinelawandfoundacopyinthelawschoollibrary.however,thelibrariancoldlyrejectedmyrequesttoborrowit,saying,“youcan''tborrowthisbook,you''renotastudenthere.”intheend,ihadtoend200yuantobuyacopy.meanwhile,thecopyinthelawschoolgathereddustontheshelf.
atthebegiingofthissemester,iheardthatmyuniversityhadstartedtothinkofunifyingitslibrariesandlinkingthemtolibrariesatotheruniversities,somyexperiencewouldn''tberepeated.barrierswouldbereplacedbybridges.aninter-libraryloansystemwouldgiveusaccetobooksfromanylibrary.withglobalizationandchinaintegratedintotheworld,ibelievemanyoftheseintangiblewallswillbeknockeddown.
iknowthatglobalizationisacontroversialiue,anditishardtosaywhetheritisgoodorbad.butonethingisforsure:itdrawsourattentiontochina''stangibleandintangiblewall
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