Recently, Professor Zhang Weiwei went overseas to share "good stories of China", but unfortunately Malaysian college students "naughtily" asked him "how to apply for a Swiss permanent residence permit". After the video leaked, Professor Zhang responded with a 1,000-word article on May 17. Here are some of the highlights:
“…… It is not yet clear what the permanent residence permit mentioned in this rumor looks like...... The mistakes of some editors in China have been exploited by foreign anti-China forces......"
"We were warmly welcomed by the Malaysian people...... It was difficult for the Chinese and foreign public intellectuals to accept the reality and suffered another setback. ”
“…… Neither the host nor the front row listener heard any questions about the residence permit until the next day...... It's pointless to shoot closely. ”
Local friends informed: 1450 has a deep influence in Malaysia...... The short video it released attracted the attention of the fifth column in China, and at the same time made 1450 who were far away consciously exposed. For these 1450s, let them continue to hide behind the scenes. ”
It can be clearly seen that Professor Zhang Weiwei is indeed slightly angry, and he denounces the so-called "'public knowledge', 'overseas anti-China forces', '1450', 'fifth column', 'hating the country', 'remote colonization' and other enemies in the form of negative labels. ”
First of all, as a representative of "telling China's story well", will Professor Zhang be attacked by the "enemy"? The answer is yes. However, labelling accusations alone is not convincing.
So, why is Professor Zhang so angry? In his thousand-word essay, he used at least six types of enemy labels as a weapon to fight back and label his opponent as a political social death. He may have thought that this kind of debate was simple and easy, and that it was easy to put a label on it and win without a fight.
However, does this approach really work? Obviously, Professor Zhang should understand that "verbal abuse and intimidation are not combat" and that labelled invective has no practical effect.
Although Professor Zhang Weiwei has been praised for spreading "good stories in China", he has also attracted a lot of skepticism and criticism for it. What is the reason behind this? Could it be that these six types of enemies are maliciously smearing him, as he alleges in the article?