So what can new york learn from a city like kaifeng ?

那么，从开封衰落的历史里，纽约能学到些什么呢？

Kaifeng 's stature attracted people from all over the world , including hundreds of jews .

开封的地位吸引了世界各地的人们，包括成百的犹太人。

Kaifeng , an ancient city along the mud-clogged yellow river , was by far the most important place in the world in 1000 .

公元1000年，坐落在泥沙淤塞的黄河岸边的古城开封，是世界上最重要的城市。

Even today , there are some people in kaifeng who look like other chinese but who consider themselves jewish and do not eat pork .

在今天的开封还可以看到一些犹太后裔，他们的面貌和一般中国人并无二致，却声称自己是犹太人，从来不吃猪肉。

Today kaifeng is grimy and poor , not even the provincial capital and so minor it lacks even an airport .

今天的开封肮脏贫穷，连个省会也不是，地位无足轻重，所以连机场都没有。