“The difference between then and now is as big as the difference between heaven and earth, ” said Zhang, 53, a small man wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts.

“当时和现在的差别之大犹如天上和地下，”张长福说道，这个53岁的男人穿着一件白体恤和蓝色的短裤。

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T: Now pick two number between one and ten, including decimal numbers and fractions, then add, subtract, multiply or divide them as you like.

现在从1到10之间挑选两个数，包括小数和分数，然后随意进行加、减、乘、除运算。

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Yeah, and, you know, if I don't get out now, then I'm just gonna be stuck here like Mom.

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Specifically, what is it that American companies that, both then and now, still don't understand about China that you think you do and they don't?

美国公司对于中国的互联网行业，始终不甚了解,能否谈谈一些你知道而别人不知道的原因？

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and then it flows east to west." And we know now that it doesn't happen like that.

然后从东向西流。”而我们现在知道事实不是那样的。

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You can express - you can state a goal, you can express a hope, but ultimately you don't want to telegraph to your enemies, and also you don't know what's going to happen between now and then.

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And as I was saying earlier, it can't possibly be that the reforms to our tax code that were good and desirable then are somehow not worth doing now, that we shouldn't close those loopholes that allow corporations and wealthy individuals to take advantage of the tax code in a way that average folks can't.

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He grew a beard, didn't inhale and was as undisciplined then as now, studying in last-minute crams and failing to earn a degree at Oxford.

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