2019年CRI China's transformations comes with strong, unified work ethics: NSW parliament member

 

Shaoquett Moselmane is an assistant president with the New South Wales Parliament in Australia. He witnessed the establishment of Sister Cities between Rockdale in the Greater Sydney area and Tanggu under the municipality of Tianjin over two decades ago.

He says he has seen "phenomenal" transformations² in Tanggu and Tianjin. CRI's Fei Fei brings his story with China.

Walking into Shaoquett Moselmane's office in downtown Sydney, you cannot miss a large red banner written in Chinese. It reads "Contribution of a warm heart, Care for children".

He said the banner was a gift from the Shanghai Charity Foundation for his donation of wheelchairs to children in need in China.

"That's very important to me. As you may know in recent times, I worked with many friends to raise funds to help disabled children. And we've sent many wheelchairs, not only to China, but other parts of the world. And now I'm creating an opportunity to build wheelchairs in China to distribute disabled children in China."

This banner is one of many China-related decorations Moselmane has in his office. From Chinese lacquerware displayed on his shelves to a wide selection of Chinese tea in his cabinet, Moselmane's interests in China are easily visible.

Many of these are gifted from his Chinese friends. Moselmane has not only been actively³ involved in the Chinese community in New South Wales but has also visited China close to 20 times.

His first trip to China was in 1997. As part of the Rockdale City Council delegation⁴, he visited Tanggu under the northern city of Tianjin. The trip aimed to build a Sisters City relationship between Rockdale and Tanggu.

Two decades later, he visited Tanggu again and saw a major transformation¹.

"The whole of Tianjin region is transformed into a major metropolis⁵ and that's why it's fascinating. The local council (of Tanggu) what we visited was two floors. When we visited the next time, it was thirty floors. You know, and this is an entirely⁶ new building with a significant progress. It's great that the Chinese government is able to do in terms of looking after the health, education, welfare and living standards of people and particularly manufacturing and so forth⁷."

He said that China's "phenomenal" changes are not just a miracle but was built with strong and unified⁸ work ethics⁹ of the Chinese people.

"The Chinese work ethics is I think the core of China's success. The people's work ethics is determined¹⁰, hardworking and that is a chain right from the political leadership, to the working class, to the middle class to ever, and those who are now entrepreneurs that coming into trade and business."

Now working in the parliament of New South Wales, Moselmane is seeing the relationship between China and Australia gone beyond trade. In areas like education, cultures and tourism, exchanges are buzzing.

But at the same time, in recent years, the relationships between the two nations have hit bumps on the road. He stressed that it is important for China and Australia, both located in the Asia-Pacific region, to work together. And that requires mutual¹¹ trust.

"That relationships can only grow, and all it needs is greater openness between the two parties to ensure that there is sense of distrust. Once that that distrust is eliminated. I think there would be a great future for both Australia and China."

He said communication is the way to eliminate distrusts between the two sides.

"I think maintaining an open communication line straight enough with diplomats¹² and other Australian government so that that any move or anything that the Chinese does is not misinterpreted into as a threat or anything like that. I think it's that communication line between the two nations is critical in maintaining understanding."

1 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

2 transformations   

n.变化( transformation的名词复数 )；转换；转换；变换

参考例句：

• Energy transformations go on constantly, all about us. 在我们周围，能量始终在不停地转换着。 来自辞典例句
• On the average, such transformations balance out. 平均起来，这种转化可以互相抵消。 来自辞典例句

3 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

4 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

5 metropolis   

n.首府；大城市

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
• He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。

6 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

7 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

8 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

9 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

10 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

11 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

12 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》