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As one of the four ancient civilizations whose civilization has not yet been broken, China is an extremely bright pearl in the long river of world history, and no country can fail to recognize China's brilliance.
However, there have been times of poverty and weakness in China's history, and those Western countries standing at the top of the world pyramid once thought that China would never rise, but facts have proved that China has all the qualifications to become a strong country, and we have made unremitting efforts to paint another gorgeous picture.
China's rise is unstoppable, but Western countries, led by the United States, are obviously unable to tolerate China's rise.
British scholar Martin Jacques once elaborated on this problem -
Why can't the United States tolerate China's rise?
01 The rise of China
The rise of every country has been a path of hardship and tribulation, especially in China.
From Qin Shi Huang's unification of the six countries to the outbreak of the modern Opium War, we all seemed to be a world power.
The brilliant culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties has impressed countless countries, and today's Japan and South Korea, no matter how much they don't want to admit it, but the fact is that they are deeply influenced by Chinese culture.
China's modern history is a history of humiliation, and the British colonialists opened the door to China with opium, and we woke up.
Under the leadership of the Qing government, Huaxia, which was closed to the country, did not know how backward, and Kang Qian was prosperous, as if it was the last return of light before the fall.
No Chinese son or daughter is willing to watch their country be trampled under the feet of others, and countless people with lofty ideals embrace faith, even if they fight to break through the blood, they will lead China to break out of the shackles and rush to the light.
In 1912, the Xinhai Revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen was victorious, and China's feudal imperial system of more than 2,000 years came to an end.
In 1921, the Communist Party of China was founded, and Chinese people had organizers and leaders they could rely on.
In that era of broken mountains and rivers and stormy weather, China was like a lonely and desperate forerunner, a martyr who was willing to throw his head and shed blood for the revolution and the country, and with amazing tenacity and wisdom, China ushered in a new era in history and became an independent country.
After the founding of New China, it undoubtedly rose step by step on the basis of one poor and two whites.
The first "Five-Year Plan" exceeded the set targets, achieved rapid growth of the national economy, and laid the foundation for industrial development.
Later, through the hard work of the older generation of scientists on the mainland, China's first atomic bomb and first hydrogen bomb were successfully exploded on the land of China, China's first artificial satellite was successfully launched, and other deeds led to the gradual rise and rejuvenation of China.
Reform and opening up is a turning point in China's history, and from an economic point of view, it seems to be a benign connection between China and the world economy.
China's achievements after reform and opening up have impressed Western countries, which rely on colonization and plunder, which took hundreds of years to rise, while China achieved its rise in only forty years. In just 40 years, the mainland's economic growth has increased several thousand times.
Since the outbreak of the world financial crisis in 2008, the contribution rate of China's economy to the world economy has averaged more than 30% per year.
In 2010, the mainland's economy surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest economy.
So far, the mainland's economy has maintained steady growth, and even many countries believe that China's GDP surpasses that of the United States and becomes the world's largest economy is just around the corner.
China has the world's most complete industrial system and manufacturing system, and in the United Nations classification catalogue of more than 500 industrial products, China's output ranks first in the world by more than 40%.
China's economy is highly integrated into the global economy, and China's complete industrial supply chain or huge market has great attraction for most countries.
China's current rise is reflected in the completion of difficult engineering projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, in the development of aerospace science and technology, and for the general public, it is more intuitive to informatization and high-tech penetration in life.
For example, when going out on weekdays, people can not bring cash, Alipay and WeChat Pay have almost achieved "cashless shopping", while in the West, although credit cards are popular, the security of payment is far less than China's mobile phone payment;
Indoor navigation has become widespread across China, and navigation can also know people's location when inside buildings.
China's information-based development is difficult for many developed countries to achieve.
After the rise of a country's economy, it can naturally exert greater influence in culture, and this "cultural rise" is even more amazing.
In his book When China Ruled the World: The Rise of China and the Decline of the West, Martin said: "If Britain was once a maritime hegemon and the United States was an air and economic hegemon, then China would be a cultural hegemon." ”
Confucianism's Analects, Zhong Yong, Taoist's Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi, Mojia's Mozi and other works containing traditional Chinese cultural resources are shining with new brilliance in the new era;
By the end of 2020, there were 476 Confucius Institutes in 127 countries and regions around the world;
The construction of the Belt and Road based on traditional Chinese culture has been recognized by many countries...
Whether it is economic, political or cultural, China has risen to become a great power, and now, with absolute confidence and self-confidence, China can show itself as a great power on the world stage.
02 The hegemonic thinking of the West
An inescapable fact is that in the process of its rise, China will always experience hardship due to the suppression of the Western world led by the United States.
As Nicholas, a senior reporter for the New York Times, once noted, China has a strong sense of national pride, but it has always been deeply hurt by the West, and has always had the "pain of giants" who have been excluded, bullied and hurt when dealing with the rest of the world.
It can be said that we are now experiencing "giant pain".
In the American mind, they must be the best, they must be the head, they will not be compared to others.
After all, since 1945, they have had overwhelming global hegemony, and the superiority of the Americans is based on the comprehensive national strength that has always been terrifyingly strong.
Martin Jacques believes that not only the American elite has this idea, but almost all ordinary people in the United States have this idea, they think that they will not be directed by others, they will not be compared to others.
This kind of thinking can be said to be a deep-rooted hegemonic thinking.
China's rise seems to be beyond the imagination of the United States.
On the one hand, China is developing at an alarming speed, in addition to manufacturing is not subject to people, but also constantly breaking through various technical barriers, green barriers, the United States believes that China has violated its economic interests.
On the other hand, China's development path is very different from that of the Western world.
Professor Martin believes that globalization is generally regarded in Western countries as a process in which the rest of the world becomes increasingly Westernized, that is, development on the basis of capital.
Once the development path of a country is different from what the Western world thinks, then Western countries will interfere in its development, so that the process of rise will be interrupted, and even some will become sluggish under the suppression of Western countries, and the economy will continue to be sluggish.
For example, Japan, Brazil, Germany, etc., are all due to the intervention of the United States, and the development competitiveness has been greatly weakened.
In the first half of the last century, China's development process was no different from what the West had imagined, and it did not pose a threat to the West.
After the founding of New China, we explored an independent path of socialist modernization that conforms to our national conditions, and both the economic and political systems are very different from those of the West. On this path, China is developing rapidly in all aspects.
Some Americans of the older generation say that when they were young, their mothers warned them not to waste food and to eat well, because there are still many people in countries across the ocean who cannot eat. The country on the other side of the ocean refers to China.
But now, when these older Americans have a chance to see China as it looks like, they see that the country is no longer tied to poverty.
The United States seems to realize that they cannot stop China's development, but if China continues to develop, China's development path and ideology will gain more and more national recognition, and its influence is likely to surpass that of the United States, which is bound to pose a certain threat to the United States.
It can be said that the United States is not afraid of the strength of an Eastern country, but is afraid of the strength of anti-capitalist forces, which threatens its right to speak. As a result, the United States is increasingly intolerant of China's rise.
In order to maintain its own interests, the United States has been "helping" other countries to modernize, but it has always liked obedient "little brothers", and if it is disobedient, the United States will use tough force for spurious reasons.
China has a complete modern army and a certain military strength, and the United States naturally cannot directly provoke a war with China, so the United States will continue to put forward arguments such as the "China threat theory."
Then provoke a trade war with China, impose tariffs on China's relatively advantageous export areas, restrict the import of Chinese products, etc., in an attempt to sanction China's economy from the perspective of trade.
However, as the spokesman of the mainland Foreign Ministry said, for the Sino-US trade war, China does not dare to fight, but does not want to fight.
We have enough strength and voice to speak, not that the United States can sanction if it wants to, but the final result of the Sino-US trade war will only be a defeat for both sides.
China has always pursued a path of peaceful development based on win-win cooperation, and does not want to be the result of losing both.
So far, the United States is still a superpower on the world stage, the development of science and technology is at the forefront of the world, and the US dollar is still the world's currency, but the multipolarization of the world pattern has become an established trend, and other countries are also developing.
The United States, which is accustomed to being the boss, is not adapted to the catch-up of other countries. But in Professor Martin's view, no country can always be first, as it is in the United Kingdom, and so is the United States.
In fact, the US economy has already shown a trend of decline, and since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, this decline has become even more obvious, but most Americans have not yet accepted it.
Therefore, they must at least make some "efforts" to keep China ahead of the United States.
03 Open and inclusive Chinese system
Professor Martin's argument is not without reason. China is rising at an astonishing speed, and the sons and daughters of China have been able to shake off the history of humiliation and advance steadily, which incidentally strikes at the Western-dominated world order.
However, Professor Martin's argument is biased, he still thinks in a specific logic of Westerners, believing that after China's rise, it must be like the United States, with its own independent ideological model to rule the world.
In fact, this is not the case with China's model. Chinese modest, restrained, hardworking, has always worked silently, worked hard towards the set goal, and does not like to impose his own things on others, never has the hegemonic thinking of the United States, which is also the Confucian idea of "do unto others what you do not want".
China's development system has always been open and inclusive, as can be seen from the Belt and Road Initiative and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. After China became strong, it has always adhered to the responsibility of a big country and continuously assisted other countries in their development.
Since 1963, China has sent medical teams to backward regions such as Africa that lack medical care and medicine, and we continue to do so today.
After major natural disasters such as the Indian tsunami and the earthquake in Japan, China did not hesitate to extend a helping hand to these countries;
During the epidemic prevention and control period, China selflessly provided medical supplies such as masks, ventilators, and vaccines to many countries, and worked with other countries to tide over difficulties...
China is a country that has experienced hardships, but it is these hardships that have made China resilient and great.
We know that peace is hard to come by, so we are willing to maintain an open and inclusive attitude and make progress with the world.
China's open and inclusive system also seems to be based on an open and inclusive strong civilization.
Throughout the "four ancient civilizations", ancient Babylon has long disappeared in history, and today's India and Egypt are no longer the ancient civilizations of the past.
Only when Chinese culture has never had a fault line for thousands of years can it continue in a good situation.
This shows that Chinese culture has a strong stability.
Whether it is a change of dynasty or invasion by foreign enemies, Chinese culture has always been able to absorb the essence of other cultures with strong inclusiveness, accept cultural pluralism, and constantly remove its own dregs in the development of the times, shining with new brilliance.
On top of this strong civilization and inclusiveness, China has a very flexible development system, and its rise is just a process.
The developed China has never had the idea of wanting to dominate the world, and win-win cooperation has always been our development line.
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In the face of difficulties in Western countries led by the United States, China is not without the courage to confront them. We will certainly move forward towards a bright future as a great power.
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