The statements in this article are based on reliable sources of information and are detailed at the end of the article
China, Japan and South Korea seem to have three enemies, with the same roots in cultural history, and the same "volume" in the development of society.
Young people are complaining more and more that the environment in the big society is not good, and they have to work overtime after graduating from college with a salary of 3,000 yuan.
Many people go out to school from the "small-town problem-solver", thinking that after having a degree, they can find a relatively easy job with a high salary.
However, after graduation, he is still as busy and nervous as the college entrance examination at Tiantian North Station.
On the other hand, Europeans and Americans have no pressure to go to school since they were young, and they have not had the pressure to go to prestigious schools or undergraduates when they grow up. There is also no occupational discrimination after work.
It seems that the synonym of Europeans and Americans is to be relaxed.
Do your hobbies, have free time to vacation, and have free time to enjoy life.
If it is the difference between developed countries and other countries,
South Korea and Japan are also among the developed countries, but the living pressure of South Korea and Japan is also second to none in the world.
So what is the difference between us East Asians and Europeans and Americans?
Why do we often feel "stressed"?
Cultural convergence
Influenced by Confucianism, China, Japan and South Korea have a certain cultural similarity, but there are quite big differences.
In China, since I was a child, I listened to my parents' education: "Study hard and be admitted to a good high school in order to enter a good university."
"When you get to high school", study hard and get admitted to a prestigious school, and half of your life is successful.
"After being admitted to university", work hard during college, take more certificates, and go to well-known companies for internships during the holidays, so that you can find a job smoothly in the future. ”
After graduating, I found a job, and faced the PUA of the leader, "I can work hard in private to have more opportunities for promotion." ”
After getting married, he faced the problem of "repaying mortgages, car loans, and child loans." ”
In South Korea, although the population is relatively small, the country has a small land area and a high population density.
In the 90s of the last century, it was known as one of the four Asian tigers, but now Koreans are facing a major threshold of population decline.
If you want to enter a prestigious school, you must not only do a good job in the paper, but also rely on excellent social practice activities and rich competition experience to be able to hope to be admitted to a famous school.
After graduation, because of the Korean society and the serious subordinate system, the work pressure is also very high, and I don't have any ideas about getting married and having children.
Japan's GDP once surpassed that of the United States, and it had a period of economic heyday. I still can't escape the serious pressure of life and workplace.
Until now, the most aging country in the world is still Japan, and the first place in working hours also belongs to Japan.
In Japan, not only do you have to "roll" when you are young, but you also have to work when you are old, even if you are a cashier at a convenience store.
The ratio of resources to population is unequal
In Europe, the number of people determines the happiness of the people of the country.
Many European and American countries have abundant natural resources, coupled with the small number of people, the exploitation of natural resources can be sold casually, which is enough for the national life.
Norway, for example, is the richest country in Northern Europe thanks to its natural oil assets, which accounts for one-fifth of the country's GDP and provides 17% of jobs.
Another example is Finland, which has nearly 70% of the country's forest cover, the highest in Europe.
Wood pulp exports alone account for 70% of the global market.
They are able to provide their inhabitants with a good basic life just by relying on trees.
Although China is a vast country, it is characterized by its large population.
The large population is the advantage of the mainland's development, but it has also become the basis for the "volume" of the Chinese, and any resources as long as one person has no advantage.
If you want to get rid of the "class flavor" (it means that you are still a student with a young face on campus, after graduation, not long after you first enter the society, you will be devastated by the society, and you will show a sense of exhaustion all over your body).
Either it's what you do, or it's what you think.
National industrial focus
Without exception, developed countries around the world hold rare patents in the field of science and technology industry.
During the boom period of development in Europe, mainly during the Industrial Revolution, Europeans created a historical change in human beings, using machines instead of labor.
During this period, Europe and the United States created countless things that changed the development of mankind, and their industrial achievements were beyond the efforts of Asia.
The industrial development of Asia has basically been transferred from Europe and the United States.
They have a small population and expensive labor, and they can't be replaced by machines, so they use cheap manual production in Asia.
This has also led to the rise of manufacturing in Asian countries, in the approximate order of Europe and the United States to Japan and South Korea, and then to Taiwan and Hong Kong, China, and then to the mainland, and finally Southeast Asian countries.
The manufacturing industry is characterized by serious pollution, low profits, high work intensity, and low status.
The characteristics of the Chinese are that they are hard-working, in order to earn money, they can work continuously without rest, even if the unit price is low, the Chinese can pile up in quantity.
This has created a workplace atmosphere in which we have always paid silently and do not ask for overtime pay.
The reason for this atmosphere is actually because of the high-paying technology industry, which China cannot reach, and can only do cheap manufacturing.
Western sanctions
The rapid development has also brought trouble to Europe and the United States, who are worried that Asians will grow beyond them, dominate the world's top fields of science and technology, and suppress our economic development in various ways.
As early as the 60s of the last century, the United States was afraid of China's development and threatened us to destroy China's military bases with nuclear bombs if it dared to develop nuclear weapons.
And our country has been quietly studying nuclear weapons for several years, which has given the United States a big shock, and finally it is no longer suppressed by the United States.
Since 2018, the United States has suppressed the development of ZTE, and then suppressed the export business of technology companies such as Huawei.
Then you think that Japan seems to be an ally of the United States, but in fact, in the 80s of the last century, the Japanese were suppressed by the Americans.
Japan woke up decades before its economic heyday, and it couldn't break through with low-end manufacturing.
He devoted himself to the research and development of high-end technology products, and founded Hitachi in 1910, Canon in 1937, Sony in 1946 and other internationally renowned technology companies.
However, how could the United States allow someone to outgrow them and force Japan to sign the "Plaza Accord", which led Japan into a decade-long economic bubble, and the economy has since collapsed.
The issue of interests drives Europe and us to make progress together, and only by continuously developing high-output and high-tech fields can we get out of such a "rolling" road.
1. East Asians reflect on being tired: adults are in a desperate situation. Global Times Comprehensive, December 11, 2013
2. Lian Si: Someone once asked me, "Why is it that if I earn 80,000 a month, I am not as happy as someone who earns 8,000 a month?" .observer.com.2024-05-08