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s have been taken placed by the roaring engine. Abundance of new commodities has been brought to the world. Secondly, free-market economy began to take its forms, which stimulate the exchange of the commodities. People almost could buy everything at the nearby super market. The market regulates itself according to the relationship of supply and needs, and government takes few hands to the economy affairs. After the World War I, the “lost generation” was dawning on a glorious future; the prosperity of the 1920s was a harbinger of a new era of plenty, in which all Americans could reasonably look forward to the share of an apparently endlessly expanding American pie. At the same time the economy boom brought the affluent commodities, the transformation of the society brought new problems. As the world entered into the 20th century, the first single event of any significance it witnessed was a global disaster for mankind –World War I. It took place from Europe and was fought principally on that continent but eventually involved all the continents of the world. Americans believed that they had a god-given role to promote a moral world order. In a sense, World War I was the ultimate progressive crusade. The government depicted the German as a monster and leaded by the flags of to rescue the morality, fought for the peace, freedom and democracy. Nearly 10 million men registered for the draft, and 3.8 million served in the military. World War I stimulated tremendous changes in lost generation’s life. In the war, Over 100,000 American were died, half from diseases twice that number was wounded. (The Introduction of European Culture, 435) The government propaganda what they thinks the good deeds to the people, but actually it hurt the people. The military intelligence police force grew and a civilian bureau of intelligence (precursors to the FBI) was established, the Sedition Act widened the government powers to crush anti-war opposition, over 2100 people were arrested, mainly socialists and other radicals. On a private level, 250,000 people were mobilized to spy on their neighbors. The corrupted government officers enhanced their own wealth by using their power in the states is being reported by the newspaper everyday. At last after the World War I United States become the biggest creditors in the world, the rising power also extended his influence to the European continent and even on the Asia continent. B. China in the Turn of the New Century It is reported by the radio that: “China will realize her four modernizations all around in 2015.” Say, in 2015 the GDP of china will equal with the GDP of American in 1960s, and some experts estimated that the economy situation of China today is similar with the situation of the United States from 1910 to 1930. After 1980s, China adopted the open door policy and free-market economy, borrowed the high-technology and put more emphasis on improving the productive forces. Government also takes few hands on the economy affairs. Furthermore, after China enters into the world trade organization, she remodeled herself in the mirror of the western countries. The economy transformed from the agricultural economy to the industrial economy. After 1990s, with an unexceptional pace, cities extended their territories and the market stretched its influence to every corner of the society. The packs of crowded skyscrapers, the flows of mobilized people and the expressway totally overturned people’s view toward mor