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Olympics Torch ‒Viewed by a Member of Young Generation of China -- a post from a Chinese Young Man’s QQ Blog (Translation) Blogger: Bati Tsui, born post-1980s, an intense semi-reluctant business traveler in China and S.E. Asia The Beijing Olympics torch relay finally arrives in Guangdong…After a long way, after an odyssey, full of controversies and difficulties: after the sieges by followers of dllm (initials of Dalai Lama), after the insult by American TV (CNN), after mocks by France and Britain; finally, finally, it comes to China, finally it downrightly enjoys the cheers, hues and hulas from our countrymen. Here, ZD members (ZD=zang du in Mandarin, meaning: pro-Tibet independence) dare not come to make trouble, TD members (TD=tai du in Mandarin, meaning: pro-Taiwan independence ) dare not utter a word, for even an very ordinary and common Chinese will not let them do so. The several minutes news clip only, showing how people in Guangzhou and Shenzhen welcome the torch with enthusiasm, moved me and ignited my passion too. The Olympics is really really approaching, as close as it was just outside my door. Right at this moment, those old inspiring patrotic songs heard often during high school days naturally came to my mind. “ We are singing Sunrise at the East, we rise to be our own masters; we are telling stories of spring, we become rich due to Open and Reform.” Unity Is Strength, Socialism Is Good, My China Heart, Step into the New Era…all these songs. A foreigner friend who has lived a long time in Macau once said, contemporary Chinese are poor, because they are all brain-washed. I exclaimed at this comment. How deep is the West’s misunderstanding of China, so deep that I don’t want to argue with him. China is indeed poor, in that she signed many unfair treaties; in that her Summer Palace was kept burning for three days and three nights; Nanjing Massacre; Embassy being bombed down (in Belgrade, Yugoslav); (Olympics) torch being snatched…After so many disasters so much plight China finally overcomes the difficulties and becomes strong, to host the Olympics Game. Right at this turning point a great number of western countries boycott it in name of so-called democracy. What’s more, (we) have to negotiate with the dllm (dalai lama) who ever participated in NPC (National People’s Congress) meetings, for a smooth Olympics Game, not to mention inflation and the snow disaster. We Chinese people really ought to rest down and have a good thinking; we ought to unite together. Though our life has been improved, de facto we still can do something, for example, to buy more national commodities and less crazy imported goods. To help your determination, just think of the French President, who pocketed back trillions in his 3-days visit to China, but is full of anti-H (H=hua in Mandarin, means China) worms in his stomach and the tactic to award dllm Honarary Citizen of Paris. Wish China could explore further in the world stage. I admire Mr. Lu Sun (a famous writer during Republic and anti-Japanese invasion years who was sharp in arousing Chinese people’s awareness of their own problems and weakness). If he’s alive, his writing might have waken up several more Chinese. |
