Today, China's international status is already an incomparable level, and she shoulders many responsibilities and obligations, and in many international affairs, she also actively fulfills these responsibilities and obligations.
But looking back, there was a time when it was called "going abroad fever", and people rushed to study abroad, live or even settle down. This includes many celebrities we are familiar with.
But now that it is 2021, the people who ran away at that time have now begun to run back, and the story of this is worth pondering.
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In the program "Round Table Pie", Dou Wentao once talked to Chen Danqing about the topic of going abroad.
Dou Wentao was very curious to tell everyone present that in the early years, Chen Danqing praised the United States for belittling China because he was not accustomed to the domestic system and habits, but now that many Chinese who settled abroad at that time have returned, how should Chen Danqing explain this phenomenon?
Looking at Dou Wentao's slightly scrutinized eyes, Chen Danqing slowly raised his hands and said three words lightly: "I surrender." ”
Chen Danqing is a famous contemporary Chinese painter who was admitted to the famous Central Academy of Fine Arts at a young age, and created the extremely popular "Tibetan Group Paintings" after completing his studies at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. But then he moved to the United States and didn't return until 2000.
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Although Dou Wentao's words looked careless, they actually hid needles in the cotton.
In that era, there were not a few people like Chen Danqing who chose to go abroad. It can be said that this question is not questioning Chen Danqing alone, but their generation.
Today, when we, as people who have come back in time, look back at the history of that year, we will find that it is not surprising that they made such a choice. The so-called people go to the high places and the water flows to the low places, and everyone will instinctively go down the road that is beneficial to themselves.
Coincidentally, the 1980s was the early stage of China's reform and opening up, and as China opened its doors to the world, the older generation also saw a broader and more colorful world.
At that time, China could be described as poor and white, although it was one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, although it had the third largest land area in the world, it was still in a stage of comprehensive backwardness in economic development.
But at that time, the United States, japan, a neighbor across the sea, and European countries had entered the ranks of developed countries, owning and experiencing a life that we could not imagine. As a result, a new idea gradually emerged among those who saw the foreign environment - to go abroad.
Indeed, compared with the backward environment at home, foreign countries can not only enjoy better resources, but also have a better life.
Because going abroad also requires higher funds, it is generally publicly funded to go abroad, which has led to a phenomenon: most of the people who can go abroad are talents from all walks of life who have achieved academic success.
From frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality.
After publicly-funded talents go abroad, a considerable number of people are attracted to modern life and cannot extricate themselves.
Just like Chen Danqing at that time, they did not come back as soon as they left the motherland, but chose to settle and live there. Gradually became what we now call the "banana man" - yellow appearance, white heart.
There is no denying that this was an option, and one that seemed very correct at the time.
If possible, everyone will choose a place with better living conditions, but from the perspective of the nation, the state's public funding for the provision of places abroad is originally intended to lead the country to prosperity and prosperity after returning from overseas.
However, these people who stayed abroad have distorted or ignored this expectation of the motherland. For this phenomenon, we can only shake our heads helplessly, although it is not good, but this is not the reason.
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Perhaps among those who are immersed in the beautiful life in the West, no one has ever felt that the motherland may one day become a world power. Their good life abroad will gradually stabilize and tranquilize with the efforts of generations of people.
But this was not the case, China had the third largest land area and hundreds of millions of people in the world at that time, which was a supermarket with great potential. As long as those people can see a little farther, they can predict where investment and development will be concentrated in the future.
In the 1990s, China's potential began to emerge slowly, entering a period of rapid development, and after joining the World Trade Organization in 2001, China officially embarked on the road of rapid development.
At that time, the small number of people who returned to China to build a new country received strong support from the state, gradually established enterprises and developed into large companies with world-class competitiveness. And the statistics also confirm this fact.
In the process of continuous efforts and development, China has slowly become the world's second largest economy, with rapid economic growth, increased foreign exchange reserves, and increasing its image and voice in the international community. Today, China has become a truly great power.
Compared with China's rapid development, Europe and the United States have begun to decline, although the United States is currently the world's only superpower, but since entering the 21st century, years of war investment and domestic chaotic security situation have made it quite stressful.
And this is also why Chen Danqing will raise his hands helplessly to express the meaning of surrender, because in the face of reality, no matter what kind of justification, it seems pale and weak.
Instead of being a beam-jumping clown, just admit it.
But compared with the simple surrender, Dou Wentao's next question was more acute, he asked Chen Danqing in the face of today's environment, will he let his children go abroad or even settle in the future?
Chen Danqing was obviously a little embarrassed, but after a little thought, he still subjectively gave a relatively positive answer.
Today's America is no longer the invincible existence of the past, shootings, racial discrimination, more and more news and events tell us that Americans also have their own difficulties.
In contrast, China, which is developing rapidly and has a stable environment, is a more suitable place.
But perhaps Chen Danqing still thinks that the United States is a good place, he did not refuse at the first time, but left a way back for himself. After all, it is easier to grasp the present than to grasp the future.
Nowadays, China has been at the forefront of the world in some areas and can compete with Europe and the United States, which is the reward for years of hard work and effort.
Now that the Tokyo Olympics have just concluded its opening ceremony, many people feel that it is much worse than the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which is the ironclad evidence of the improvement of comprehensive national strength.
As a Chinese delegation, Yang Qian won the first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which demonstrated China's Olympic spirit of challenging "faster, higher and stronger" on the world stage.
In the future, we will not forget our original intentions, forge ahead, and strive for a better life.