Are you the first or the last child in your family? Or are you a middle or an only child? Some people think {#blank#}1{#/blank#} matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} are smart and strong - willed，are very likely {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( succeed). The reason {#blank#}4{#/blank#} this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} same reason.

    What {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(happen) to the other children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention, so they don't feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(lose) in the crowd. The youngest child, however, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(difference). The study found that the first children believe in family rules. They don, t take many chances in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}lives. They usually follow {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (order). Ruies don't mean much to later children in the family. They take chances and they often do better in life.

    When I first heard about the Belt and Road Initiative (“一带一路”倡议). I thought about something simple and straightforward — like a fragrant cup of tea.

    For centuries, tea has brought {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(culture), communities, and people closer together. In the past centuries, tea {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(connect) economies through trade and investment. The Belt and Road Initiative holds a similar promise, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}is about connecting cultures, communities, economies, and people. It is about awaking ancient trade routes and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(build) new ones. It is also about adding new economic flavors by creating infrastructure (基础建设) projects based on 21st century expertise and standards. Delivering on this promise is not an easy task, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}doing so could bring great benefits.

    First, high-quality infrastructure could help stimulate potential global {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (grow), and raise the incomes of millions of people. As the Chinese proverb {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (go), “To become rich, one must first build roads.” A second benefit is greater inclusiveness. Think of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(improve) roads in rural areas that can boost productivity and access to health services. By sharing the benefits of investment and knowledge more broadly, improvement will be {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(strong) and more inclusive. A third benefit is stronger economic cooperation. This would help boost global trade, investment, and financial cooperation, making {#blank#}10{#/blank#} easier to share the benefits of growth more widely. All this is good for consumers, good for productivity, and good for poverty reduction.

    For 28- year-old Russian Artem Zhdanv, China is a place to fulfill dreams. After graduating from college with a major in Chinese, he left hometown in Siberia{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(he) and moved to Guangzhou, China's southern economic powerhouse.

He{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(build) a Russian-language news website about China in recent years, founded a consulting company and set up{#blank#}3{#/blank#}online store on the e-commerce platform Taobao. The news website now has a{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(month) visit of 100,000, and the products he sells online—such as T-shirts, cups and chopsticks with catchy Chinese phrases —have become popular with foreigners{#blank#}5{#/blank#}live in China.

    "My childhood dream{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) to be a diplomat(外交家). Now my website and Taobao store{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(connect) foreigners with China are like bridges," he said. "China is a good place to start a business. As long as you have an idea and the courage, you can{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) build a business here," he said.

    Zhdanov wants to connect Russian businessmen with investors in China. "China has more unicorn (独角兽) companies{#blank#}9{#/blank#}many other countries. And the government has provided great support for high-tech development. I would like to tell more Russians that instead of only looking at Silicon Valley, they can also come to China{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(realize) their dreams".