{"id":2845,"date":"2014-01-03T01:12:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T06:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2014-01-03T01:12:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T06:12:08","slug":"chinese-proverb-on-prosperity-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/01\/03\/chinese-proverb-on-prosperity-growth","title":{"rendered":"Chinese proverb on prosperity &#038; growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m told that there is a Chinese proverb that says:\u00a0 <\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em>If you want one year of prosperity, then grow grain.\u00a0 <\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em>If you want 10 years of prosperity, then grow trees.\u00a0 <\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em>But if you want 100 years of prosperity, then you grow people.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/01\/19\/remarks-president-obama-and-president-hu-peoples-republic-china-exchange\">Remarks by President Obama and President Hu of the People&#8217;s Republic of China in an Exchange of Toasts at State Dinner | The White House<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Chinese%20proverb%20on%20prosperity%20%26%20growth&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2014%2F01%2F03%2Fchinese-proverb-on-prosperity-growth&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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