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11"All nations should help support the development of a global university designed to engage students in the process of solving the world's most persistent social problems."

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总观点：全球化大学对解决长期以来的社会问题会有帮助。能够使各国相互了解，尊重，促进世界和平。提供多角度思维方式，全局视角。但是在解决全球化的问题上，每个国家只想着自己国家的利益，则很难从实质上解决问题，反而会加剧矛盾，引起争端。
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提供一个平台，各国相互了解，相互尊重，有助于世界和平。例子：中国奥运会，世博。
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提供多角度思维，思路开拓。例子：中国，欧美学生特点,中国的集体主义，美国的个人主义。
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提供解决问题的全局视角。例子：环境污染，全球变暖，中国排放CO2数量多，减少汽车数量，应以全局最优。
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但是如果在解决问题时大家只关注本国家的利益，则问题不会被解决，反而会使矛盾加剧，引起争端。例子：巴以中东谈判问题。
结论：全球化大学为困扰社会长期以来的社会问题能够提供多角度思维方式，全局化的视角，有助于各国相互了解，共同进步，促进世界和平，但是需要大家顾全大局。

I believe a global university will be benefit for solving the world’s most persistent social problems. It can help nations know and respect each other, advance world peace and provide multi-angle mode of thinking, global perspective as well. However, in the process of solving global problems, if every country only focuses on their own interest, it will be difficult to actually solve the problem, but will aggravate contradictions and disputes arising.

Firstly, a global university will offer a platform of mutual understanding, mutual respect, and contribute to world peace. For example, the Olympic Games 2008 and the World Expo in Shanghai 2010 made so many people around the world besides our country know a real China, whose economic is taking-off and develops so fast, if you never come to China, you will never know it vividly. When they saw The Bird’s Nest and The water Cube in the National Stadium, they felt surprised of the building technology and aesthetic style. And some of the international friends interviewed said: “I would never believe what China now is like, if I haven’t come here personally, it is so beautiful!” What’s more, they also had a feeling of the hospitality and friendliness of the Chinese people, and it will certainly help Chinese people gain favorable impression and respect from all over the world. If we compare China to a global university, it can offer a good opportunity for each nation a close contact, acquainted, respected with the others, and it will certainly contribute to world peace.

Then, a global university will provide multi-angle thinking, explore new ideas. Take Western Society and China as examples, Western Society emphasizes individualism, while China emphasizes collectivism. One of my friend from American give me an impression that he wants to do whatever he wants to do and it’s none of anybody’s business, and he’s always been very proud of his country’s culture, believing every American citizen lives a happy and free life, also it’s hardly for him to imagine how his life will be if he has to think about the “collective interest”. But sometimes I think the “collective spirit” does work. For instance, when some kind of disaster happens, all the Chinese people, including the army and citizens from all walks just devote money and whatever they own to the victims, sometimes even themselves. I don’t think free American people can so this. So individualism and collectivism, which do you think is better? Students from different places with diverse backgrounds will make you clearer in these issues and always the exact usefulness just comes from these differences and balances between them.


Thirdly, a global university can provide a global perspective for solving the world’s most persistent social problems. Such as environmental pollution, global warming, climate change and so on, all these problems involve global scale, so their solutions need broad horizons. For example, with rapidly developing economic, there are larger carbon dioxide emissions in China, influencing the global climate, so China has to take measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions for protecting the environment for nations all over the world, instead of only focusing on its own economic development. Doing so will make benefit for all human beings in the earth.

However, if all students from each nation only focus on their own countries’ interest when solving the problems, the issues will never be figured out, like Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on Middle East issues. Oppositely, it will intensify conflicts and rise disputes.

In sum, a global university will provide multi-angle mode of thinking, a global perspective, better for nations acquainted with each other, and contribute to world peace, but effectively solving the world’s most persistent problems need students from each nation see issues in overall situation, putting aside their own behalf first.