China's Charm

Hide no more, the high is due
Sigh no more, the sea is true
Come in your robes
Sail with the ropes
The sun must listen anew
Rake in rolls
Stake the tolls
The moon must moisture anew
Your rise be no magic
though you be mystery
Your day be such magic
tied to your history
Suck and sow, oh China
Pluck and show, sweet Orient
Let the worker be wealth
hail the nation as one.


China is charming the world! In his current visit to the United States, President Hu has been winning all the way! As the receptions show, the Americans have wisely accepted China as the next superpower. Rightly and inevitably so. And the Chinese are signing eye-popping cheques!

At the White House lunch, President Hu homed in his speech with a quote from a celebrated Chinese Poet. And he praised the wisdom in the warming relationship between China (the world's largest developing country) and the United States (the world's largest developed country). That was something. The giant bears its genius with genial airs.

This poem, China's Charm, is to commemorate this diplomatic reality. China holds its own in a world of diversity. Let the unity-in-diversity remain the beauty of our world. Our Global Village.