英原文：英国前首相布莱尔:在帮助非洲国家发展方面，中国为西方政府树立了一个榜样。

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Blair urges West to follow China development example

Friday, December 17 12:38 am


Former prime minister Tony Blair said Thursday that China sets a good example for Western governments seeking to help Africa develop.

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"There is a reason why a lot of African leaders will deal with China. And it's not just because China is a powerful country," Blair told AFP after giving a speech about development in Africa.

"It's because our systems can be very bureaucratic and the Chinese are quite direct in what they do," he said.

"So they will say to the leader of a country, 'Well what do you need?' and he'll say I need a road from A to B,' and then the next day someone's there with a shovel," he said during a visit to Washington.

In his speech to the Center for Global Development, he said Western countries needed to "work on things the country judges to be vital, not necessarily the things that we think back in our home legislature gets the biggest cheer."

He said he would still encourage Western governments to promote crucial projects, such as those in the area of health and education in Sierra Leone and Liberia -- where his Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) charity works.

"But our priorities have to connect with theirs," he said.

In his brief interview with AFP, he also said both China and Western countries could work in tandem to help develop Africa.

"Now I actually think if we're smart about it and they're smart about it, there are areas of cooperation and partnership where we can do things in the infrastructure field and where there's real Chinese can-do expertise that is a win-win for both of us and the country," he said.

英国前首相布莱尔表示，在帮助非洲国家发展方面，中国为西方政府树立了一个榜样。

中新网12月17日电 据英国广播公司报道，英国前首相布莱尔表示，在帮助非洲国家发展方面，中国为西方政府树立了一个榜样。

　　布莱尔在美国华盛顿就非洲发展发表讲演时称，很多非洲国家领导人愿意与中国打交道是有原因的，并不仅仅因为中国是一个强国。

　　布莱尔说，“西方的制度有时会很官僚，而中国人在做事时非常直截了当”。

　　布莱尔在华盛顿全球发展中心发表讲演时还称，西方国家得了解非洲国家最需要的是什么，它不一定是我们认为在西方国家议会会得到支持的事情。

　　他说，他仍然鼓励西方国家政府在非洲发展重要的项目，比如塞拉里昂和利比里亚的卫生和教育项目。但西方的这些重点项目应与当地人的想法吻合。

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