最新一期的《纽约客》杂志，刊登了驻华记者Evan Osnos对林毅夫教授的报道，全文共7页，文章摘要如下：

DEPT. OF ECONOMICS about economist Justin Yifu Lin and the development of the Chinese economy. Lin is the first Chinese citizen—or citizen of any developing country—to serve as the chief economist of the World Bank. He is a gentler presence as chief economist than some of his predecessors, including Joseph Stiglitz and Larry Summers. But within China—which treats its leading economists like pop celebrities—Lin is especially well known because of a series of firsts that led up to his current role: for one thing, he was the first Chinese student since the Cultural Revolution to return with an American doctorate in economics. His Ph.D. was from the University of Chicago. “He was one of the people who brought market economics into China,” Stiglitz said. Lin is also, it’s safe to assume, the first chief economist of the World Bank to take office as a wanted man. He faces an outstanding arrest warrant, issued by the Ministry of Defense in his native Taiwan, for “defecting to the enemy,” for abandoning his post in the Army at the age of twenty-six and swimming to the mainland and a new life under the Communist Party. Tells about a speech Lin gave at a reception in Beijing in September, in which he said, “I believe that by 2025, when the Chinese economy has become the largest in the world, and shares the stage with America, the Chinese economy will make up twenty per cent of the global economy.” In debates with other Chinese thinkers over the years, Lin has consistently warned against hurrying to embrace Western political openness. Discusses the origins of China’s economic transformation, which began in 1978, in the village of Xiaogang. Tells about Lin’s youth in Taiwan and his defection. He attended Beijing University before going to Chicago. Discusses the tensions within China, during its economic development, over the kinds of political and economic reforms the country should adopt. Lin was a prominent advocate of heavy investment in rural electricity, running water. At the World Bank, Lin has broad discretion over a department of three hundred economists and other researchers, whose work guides how the bank and governments in poor countries decide what strategies are most likely to raise income. Contrasts China’s economic development with that of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. Tells about calls for China to increase the value of its currency to help the global economy. Lin believes that forcing China to raise its currency will not help the trade imbalance and would weaken the appetites of Chinese consumers. Considers whether China’s continued economic development will require political reforms.

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