Every crisis offers a golden opportunity

When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Europe recently, he mentioned a word that can mean one thing to the Chinese and another to the English-speaking world, with a significant difference in its implications.

That word in English was "crisis". But its equivalent in Chinese is "weiji" (危机), which actually translates as "crisis and opportunity". Therefore, what the English-speaking people see as a crisis, the Chinese see as a crisis and opportunity.

The difference is very meaningful in today's world, to such an extent I recommend we use "crisistunity" as a new English word to replace "crisis" when circumstances dictate.