Today, the May Day holiday begins, and crowds of people from all over the country are surging to go to the beautiful scenery and invite them warmly. That's where we stand, China.
In contrast to this, some countries and regions are still in the midst of wars and disputes.
Since April 17, 2024, a series of protests and demonstrations by college students in support of Palestine have erupted in the United States, not only affecting students at Harvard University, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ivy League universities and other top universities in the United States, but also continuing to spread in other universities.
Over the past 10 days, at least 86 universities have participated, and the protests have continued to grow in size and scope, even to universities in the UK, France, Australia and Canada.
These details have been reported by many foreign media, and a lot of relevant information has also been circulated to China. You can check these contents, and I won't go into too much detail in this article.
As far as the United States is concerned, such "civil strife" really should not occur, because for a long time, it has been the United States that has fanned the flames, fearing that there will be no chaos in the world, and they are all present in some foreign-related "color revolutions."
This time, to the surprise of the United States, a "boomerang" actually came, and it did not stop for a long time. A beautiful country known as the supremacy of freedom and democracy did not hesitate to violently clean up the protesting teachers and students, and arrested many people. There are media reports that thousands of people have been arrested. On April 30, even the United Nations could not stand it anymore and expressed concern about the United States' heavy-handed tactics on university campuses to disperse pro-Palestinian protests.
This is indeed another rare living teaching material, which is not only a good education for our younger generation, but also must be a chill for many people who are physically attached to the United States, especially those who have been spiritually converted to the United States.
If something like this happens in other countries, how can the United States stand idly by? On the contrary, China is very benevolent to the "civil strife" in the United States, adhering to the consistent principle of "non-interference in internal affairs". Therefore, in China, it seems that everyone is indifferent to such an embarrassing thing in the United States, and it can't be on the hot search, which is indeed a spectacle and group acquiescence.
Of course, some news reports on the protests in the United States, which were simply reprinted from the mainstream media, as well as some relevant information brought by netizens, made many Chinese netizens watch the drama seriously and felt a little happy. This is also human nature, and there is nothing wrong with it.
However, commentator Xie Xiaowen believes that in addition to watching the big drama of this still spreading and continuing wave of protests in the United States, we also need to calmly understand it from a higher level.
Although we have been in confrontation with the United States in trade, science and technology, military and other fields over the past few years, we have already inspired the decline in the development of the United States. It is an indisputable fact that the United States, which has been founded more than 240 years ago, has lost its most glorious days, and it is an indisputable fact that economic growth is slowing, inflationary pressures, US debt is soaring, political divisions and partisanship are intensifying, and social inequality is intensifying. Mainstream international scholars believe that the United States is indeed in a slow decline.
Originally, in this process, China, which is regarded as the greatest threat by the United States, has come to new junctures in the confrontation with the United States, and we have no choice but to "keep our heads in the dark," but we are still committed to safeguarding world peace and trying not to give the United States too much stimulation, that is, giving the United States a lot of "face" and letting it "go crazy."
In such a situation, it is indeed a kind of brilliant wisdom of a great power. One day, when the "virtual shell" cannot carry the reputation, all kinds of unfavorable energy will be released in a concentrated manner, and the building will inevitably collapse unexpectedly.
But now, with the spread of protests across the United States, it is possible to release these energies, bit by bit, band after band, so that these energies will not be gathered more and released in a concentrated manner in certain critical periods, leading to a major crisis in the United States.
In addition, although the protests of college students are huge and have a certain influence, they cannot substantially change the United States at present, but those lofty voices and constructive views are conducive to forcing political introspection in American society, and thus may repair some of the "sores" existing in American society.
If the United States changes and makes good use of this contradiction, it may be able to rejuvenate itself to a certain extent. In this way, it is actually a kind of delay in decay, which will delay the collapse of the edifice. Of course, this depends on whether the United States can have such political wisdom and a big picture.
While watching the drama of "civil strife" in the United States, we should not forget our original intention and mission, and we should all the more maintain strategic focus, enhance our sense of danger, seize the multiple periods of "lack of skill" in the United States at this time, continue to work hard, concentrate on doing our own things well, and speed up the harvest of our own victories.
Then, looking back, the light boat must have crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains again.
Xie Xiaowen: Strategic scholar. He mainly commented on current politics, business, railways, and culture. WeChat public account: zgmjply (commentator Xie Xiaowen)