澳洲政府在经济最好的时候换届了，我写了篇文章纪念一下。。看的懂的又愿意看的就看看，不看也没有关系。。就是别踩，关系政治不代表是愤青！！

Recently Kevin Rudd, the opposition leader of Labor party, was being elected as the 26^th prime minister of Australia. Where the Australians will be directed to by this new leader is under a great concern. However, given the fact he is the first leader in western countries who can speak fluent mandarin and the great new leadership he has promised for the electors, the new era for Australian is on its way.

There are certain things that Australian people care in particular. First of all, whether Australia is going to continue its extraordinary economy growth is among the top priority of the new government’s agenda. During recent years, we have seen an approximate 4% increase in GDP each year, as a result Australian people have been experiencing blossom in real estate market, remarkably low unemployment rate, and great business opportunity in Asia. All that factors push Australian per capita GDP to $32,900(American dollar) a record high. The question arises whether the successor of Liberal party can keep up the good work. In order to address this issue, two key questions need to be answered in the first place.

Whether the Australian economy is heading towards the right direction is the chief issue. Despite the fact that our economy is going well, the truth is the main contribution of the growth has been coming from the mining industry. As known to all, when an economy is heavily depending on one or a few industries it would not be regarded as a healthy one. The reasons for Australia, in particular, are as the follows:

There are two scenarios likely to happen. Firstly, the world still largely relies on our energy supply but on some future date our mineral deposit is exhausted. Then subsequently the main driver of our economy will be vanished. Further, even though we might still have our large mineral deposit, but countries like USA or China advance their technology to such extend that they find an alternative as energy supply. For example, China is able to manager generate electricity out of He3 which they get from the moon and this is what its outer space project is aiming for. Then our energy like uranium will be not longer sought after by the world. Our economy is going to lose again. Based on above analysis, Australian economy is not fundamentally heading to the right direction. Hopefully, Kevin Rudd has addressed this issue in his competition of running for the primer.

The second issue which intertwines with the first one is Mr. Rudd’s capability to conduct Australian economy toward the right direction and better serve the national interest. According to Mr. Rudd’s profile, he spent nearly all his career before being elected as prime minister as a professional diplomatist. This gives raise a serious issue in relation to if the new primer and his party is able to run the economy as they planned since the last time labor ruled this country was 1985.

Apart from the issue in transition of economy, Mr. Rudd’s ability and determination to forge a tighter link with Pacific Asia are also being widely discussed. Some people believe that the affinity for this area that the new Primer has shown will further elevate the friendship between the countries in this area and China in particular. On the contrary, some oppose that Mr. Rudd’s personal strength of speaking mandarin will not fundamentally change Australian foreign affair policy for the fear of losing its traditional ally the United States. It is, therefore, best to assume that in this regard it makes on difference whether John Howard or Kevin Rudd is in power, as their priority is to defend Australian national interest.

Vincent Ma

28 11 2007

杨正宁这一个在中国妇孺皆知的名字，最近又挤进了大家的眼帘。

在他捧得了上帝给他最后的一份礼物之后，他似乎又按捺不住内心的悸动。近来各位看官如过有关心诺贝尔奖的话，一定会发现这位中国在该领域“最有发言权”的人士又开始鼓吹他的中国教育世界一流论。在近期对于几个大专院校的演讲中，他，作为一个曾经的诺贝尔物理学奖的获得者，华裔著名科学家，公开断言在10至20年内中国必有科学家稳定诺贝尔奖。这是多么好的一个期望！

但，它是否现实？如若不是，那杨先生说这番话是出于语不惊人誓不休的目的呢？还是别有用心呢？

众位看官都要比在下都要来的有学识懂文化，获得诺贝尔奖的先决条件我就无需多言。让我们直接来看看今年获得诺贝尔经济学奖的那三位，以及他们所任教的学府吧。

莱昂尼德·赫维奇（90岁）―――――明尼苏达大 学

埃里克·马斯金（57岁）――――――普林斯顿大学

罗杰·迈尔森（56岁）―――――――芝加哥大学

这三位都以年过半百的学者对经济学的贡献不可小觑，但确不在我们今天的讨论之列。让我们来看看他们任教的几所大学。先说芝加哥大学在历史上，这所大学的教职员工（faculty）以及学生(students)先后有78位。。。她理所当然的被称为诺贝尔的摇篮。让我们在看看普林斯顿，目前教授中有7个诺贝尔得奖者，22位麦克阿瑟天才奖得主，历史上31位校友荣膺诺贝尔，这样的成绩同样让我们不敢小视。

反观中国，我们有这样的得奖条件吗？

首先来看看我们国内现在的大学,我们真的国际一流了吗？伴随着一轮有一轮的带有社会主义特色的“圈地运动”，以及一波又一波永无休止的扩招，2007年中国高考计划招生567万人。也许我无权对高考扩招说些什么，要是没有扩招，我或许还没有大学上。但是我忍不住要问，我们的大学准备好了吗？普林斯顿大学的校长，曾经在中国的一个大学校长的论坛里说到，他很佩服中国大学的校长们，因为如果要让他把大学的在校人数翻一倍，他要20年的时间才能让教学水平恢复到扩招前的水平。。。今天的大学准备好了吗？这样臃肿的学校能够培养的出人才吗？我不敢否定我们国家把大学教育从精英教育变为基础教育的决心，勇气，以及眼光，但是那样沉重的学费我们那些穷苦的同胞负担的起吗？如果在学校里连肚子都填不饱的孩子，将来能拿诺贝尔奖吗？杨教授请你谈谈我们国家的奖学金制度健全了吗？我们国家有足够人数足够资质的教授去培养下一代的诺贝尔奖了吗？

其次，让我们看看我们今天的教育教给了大家什么？在我们深究这个议题的同时，让我们先体会一句诺贝尔数学奖得主纳什的话“，过度学习“二手知识”可能损害创造力和独创精神。他要自己发明一套数学逻辑。。。。。”今天中国的教育体系从基础教育到高等教育教会了我们孩子什么叫做创新性了吗？当澳洲的孩子整天手签手跟这老师这里去看看，那里去转转的时候，我们的孩子在做些什么？是一边进水管进水，另一边出水管放水，水池多久能注满的应用题？还是在津津有味的背诵小学生守则。。当你看到这样的对比时，你忍心去怪我们孩子没有创新力吗？如果我们不从今天就改变这样的一个状态，那么20年后当这一带的孩子都成长了，谁为我们去摘下这颗桂冠呢？这个问题最好留给杨先生回答，因为正是他曾经说国西南联大教会他严谨，而西方给了他创新力。。。也许杨先生老了没有那么多时间关心我们的基础教育。。。

但是作为中国的这一代，我们有权利去忽视吗？

综上总总，我只能说中国离诺贝尔还很远。。。。。