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上世纪末本世纪初,美国国务卿约翰·海说过:“地中海是过去的海,大西洋是现在的洋,太平洋则是未来的洋。”如今这一预言已成为现实。500年前,世界贸易中心开始从地中海向大西洋转移,今天这个中心又从大西洋移向太平洋。环太平海地区的城市——洛矶杉、悉尼和东京正在取代昔日大西洋沿岸的城市——纽约、巴黎和伦敦。沿太平洋的亚洲地区,面积比欧洲和美国大一倍。目前,亚洲拥有世界人口的一半,到2000年将占世界人口的2/3,而那时欧洲仅为6％。亚洲是一个拥有3万亿美元的市场,并正以每周30亿美元的速度在增长。无论从地理、人口或经济的角度来衡量,环太平洋地区在全球
At the beginning of this century, at the turn of the century, John Sea, Secretary of State of the United States, said: “The Mediterranean Sea is the past sea. The Atlantic Ocean is the present ocean and the Pacific Ocean is the future ocean.” Now this prophecy has become a reality. 500 years ago, the World Trade Center began to shift from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Today, the center moves from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Cities in the Pacific Rim - Los Angeles, Sydney and Tokyo are replacing the cities of the former Atlantic coasts - New York, Paris and London. Asia in the Pacific Ocean takes twice the size of Europe and the United States. At present, Asia has half the world’s population and by the year 2000 will account for two-thirds of the world’s population, up from only 6% in Europe at the time. Asia is a $ 3 trillion market and is growing at a rate of $ 3 billion a week. The Pacific Rim is global, measured geographically, demographically or economically