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There is such a question on the American version of Zhihu Quora, "Why are many Westerners so afraid of China's rise?" This was raised by an American netizen, perhaps China's rise has affected the status or interests of Western countries, so they are so afraid.
You must know that China has experienced a century of humiliation, when China was invaded by Western powers, they not only robbed countless treasures in China, but also forced the Qing government to sign a treaty of humiliation and humiliation, resulting in China becoming a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country.
Because of its backwardness, China has become the "plaything" of the Western powers, so every Chinese cannot forget the shame of the past, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, China suffered indelible pain.
With the founding of the People's Republic of China, we believed that we must develop our own strength, otherwise we would be bullied by others, so China began to endure humiliation and bury its head in development, during which we not only built atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs and other heavy weapons of great powers.
China also successfully launched its first artificial satellite, and its military strength has been greatly improved, after which China began to reform and open up, and China's economy entered a period of rapid development, and in 2010, China officially became the world's second largest economy.
Now that China has become a military power, and in the face of China's rise, many Westerners began to panic, and some Western media began to deliberately smear China.
In the face of questions from American netizens, many people commented below, and a Canadian netizen said that facts have proved that Chinese civilization is rising again, so China was the center of the world in ancient times.
China in ancient times was very powerful, so strong that all of Asia, and almost no one was an opponent of China, because Europe and North America were so far away from China that otherwise China would probably dominate the whole world.
Western civilization does not have a long history of Chinese civilization, when the West was still in a primitive society, China began to move towards civilization, in ancient times, whether it is political system or scientific and technological development, China is superior.
For example, Chinese writing can be traced back to 7,300 years ago, 2,000 years earlier than the earliest invention of writing in the West, which means that China has developed more rapidly than the West.
However, people in Western countries think that their own civilization is longer, but they do not know that before the development of Western civilization, China had its own advanced civilization, and now China's rise is only a reappearance of its past glory.
Later, an Australian netizen commented that the Western countries you are talking about refer to the United States and the European Union, while other Western countries have no problem with China.
And the European Union is just listening to the United States, as the world's superpower, the United States is now crumbling, because the economic expansion is serious, so the status of the United States is also declining rapidly.
China's rise is very likely to affect the interests of the United States, which is also the reason why the United States is afraid of China, so that the United States' hegemony will be threatened and its influence will disappear completely.
Later, a British netizen said that China's rise is inevitable, their approach is just the opposite of the United States, China loves peace and they don't like hegemonism, so China has not fought for 40 years, and their economy has begun to take off.
China's rise is the driving force for world peace and stability, and China is also the largest trading partner of 12 countries and regions, with more than 150 countries and organizations signing agreements to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative.
The hegemonism of the United States is to obtain greater benefits at the expense of the interests of other countries, while China's approach is to achieve common development in the form of mutual help and mutual assistance, and China seeks common interests, so the two are fundamentally different.
In the past few decades, China has successfully lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty and made countless families live a better life, while in many Western countries, there are more and more poor and homeless people, and they have been hindering China's development without reflecting on themselves.
China didn't do anything wrong, they didn't start a war, they just wanted to develop their economy.
Another netizen from Spain commented, I prefer China to rise compared to the United States, because China gives me a very warm feeling, while the United States is more like a war maniac who only likes to fight.
The United States mainly makes its fortune from war, they go to Afghanistan to steal oil, this is already a well-known thing, the hegemonism of the United States is outdated, they should learn more from China, only by helping each other and developing together, others will respect you more and more.
The rapid development of China's economy is commendable, but how can a country that works for the welfare of the people become the culprit of the disaster?
China's growth will only benefit the world, and all countries that promote the China threat theory are nothing more than can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, as netizens said, most honest countries support China's rise, because China's rise will bring peace to the world.
Western countries' fear of China is unfounded and unnecessary, and they should abandon prejudice and hostility, face up to China's existence and contributions, respect China's choice and sovereignty, develop an equal and cooperative relationship with China, and jointly safeguard world peace and stability.