The Opium War of 1840
In recent years, the United States, Australia, and European countries have taken corresponding actions against our country and issued many false statements. Many people can't help but ask: Why is the West becoming less and less kind to us? In fact, history has already revealed the answer to us.
First, the problem itself is problematic. Looking back at the history of the world over the past 200 years, Westerners have never been kind to us. The Opium War, the invasion of China by the Eight-Power Alliance, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and so on, even vigorously propagated the "yellow peril theory" in our poor and weak years, and the "threat theory" in our gradually rich and strong era.
This series of historical facts shows that the West's unfriendlyness to us has a long history, so we should not be surprised. As the saying goes, there is no unprovoked love, and there is no unprovoked hate. Where does the West's hatred for us arise? Is there true harmony between East and West?
The apparent opposition between East and West
From a historical point of view, the East and the West have their own different historical origins. According to relevant data, for the Western world, whether it is Europe or the United States, it originally originated in the sea; in the Eastern world, it mainly originated on land. This necessarily leads to differences, even opposites, between The East and the West in certain areas.
Originating in the West, the main way of survival is fishing. Because the oceans are fluid, they only need to consider their own safety at sea, and they do not need to consider whether their plundering of the ocean will have an impact on the ocean or other surroundings. At the same time, they don't need to think about other individuals. Because the disappearance of other individuals may allow them to get more living space and survival materials. Over time, the selfishness and predatory nature of Western individualism are revealed.
The East, which originated on land, is the complete opposite of the West. Since land is not as mobile as the ocean, survival on land must give priority to land conditions such as water, wild animals, land fertility, and natural disasters that directly affect survival. To this end, the Orientals had to gather all their forces to form a group, survive in groups, and jointly resist foreign disasters. Therefore, in this process, Orientals must always control their behavior to prevent their misbehavior from bringing disaster to themselves or their tribe. Over time, the selflessness and peace characteristic of Eastern collectivism were revealed.
In other words, when Westerners consider doing something, they will give priority to themselves, and under the premise of ensuring themselves, they will pay action, and even list others as the object of behavior; while when Chinese consider doing something, they will give priority to considering the impact of their actions from the perspective of the overall situation, and then control their behavior, and even sacrifice for the overall situation.
Different historical origins have created different modes of thinking, which in turn have formed different cultural forms. For example, in the case of man, the East is the "theory of sexual goodness." Chinese often said, "In the beginning of man, nature is good." We believe that man is born pure, simple, and good, and that he is not born guilty of sin by becoming "evil" in the existence of the hereafter due to certain special factors.
In the West, it is "original sin." They believed that their ancestors—Adam and Eve—had broken their promises by stealing the fruit of the tree and committing sins. Therefore, in their view, the world is inherently "evil", all people are born to wear the body of sin, anyone can be a "criminal", there is a possibility of violating their rights at any time, and anyone is atoneing for their sins all their lives.
Therefore, the West has formed a "double standard" thinking mode of "do what I say, don't do what I do". On the contrary, under the influence of Chinese culture, we pursue the "unity of knowledge and action, and the consistency of words and deeds".
Although there are differences in thinking and cultural forms between the East and the West, this is only a source of the West's unfriendliness to us. So what is the fundamental reason why the West has never been kind to us?
The West is "afraid" of China's rise
Looking back at nearly 200 years of history, we can see that the West hides blood and dirt behind its own rise, its "help" to other countries, or its management of the world. The colonial history of the West can be described as the most cruel, bloody and inhumane history in human history.
If you think about it, there are very few places on the earth today that have not been washed by the blood of the West. Faced with countries that are weaker than them, they wash them with their strength and blood, and establish their own systems to facilitate their own plunder and exploitation. However, in the face of countries that are not weaker than them, they find ways to make them weak, even at the expense of using drugs to maim the people of these countries, and then begin their bloody and dirty plunder and exploitation. This is not unfamiliar to us as Chinese.
There is always reincarnation in history. They are always worried, afraid that those countries that have been colonized by them will get out of their control, and even more afraid of those countries that have been persecuted by them will stand up. Because they know that they are home from blood and sin, they are afraid in their bones that these countries will stand up and retaliate against them in the same way.
After World War II, the West designed the entire world system according to its own wishes, the "Bretton Woods system", the "international trading system", the "international monetary and financial system", the "Marshall Plan", etc., with the intention of continuing to control the world with the world system they built, not allowing any other country to rise in their rules.
With the slow rolling of the wheel of history, Western countries have found that China's little brother is still very easy to use, not only can desperately provide them with cheap production and daily life products, but also can help them recycle garbage by the way. As a result, their attitude towards China began to "ease."
However, Westerners may forget that China was once the world's first, with thousands of years of historical heritage, and was a dragon that has dominated the east of the world for thousands of years.
How can this kind of glory, which is carved in the bones and melted into the blood, be willing to bow down to others and look up to people's sniffles, how can it be like Indians, Koreans, and Japanese people who turn their backs on their ancestors and recognize thieves as fathers, and how can they fulfill their wishes in the "cage" designed by the West and be willing to be cattle and horses. To this end, China adheres to the development path suitable for itself and recreates the glory of the past step by step.
Of course, China's behavior of adapting to the laws of history and developing itself as a matter of course is a serious violation of the world order in the eyes of Westerners. It can be seen that the world order in the eyes of Westerners is not an objective law of the historical development of the world, but what they consider to be a world order.
Therefore, Westerners must act on China. After being educated by New China in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and other battles, in the face of China's step-by-step rise, Westerners did not dare to really do anything to China, and could only angrily rebuke China, and angrily issued such nonsense as "China threat theory", "If Chinese live an American life, the earth will collapse", "China virus theory", "everything in China is plagiarism of the United States", and so on.
In fact, China's idea is very simple, Chinese just wants to live a little better in the world, a little better, a little better. Of course, the West's ideas are also very simple, and they just want China, the most capable slave in their eyes, to return to their workplaces and continue to accept their oppression and fight for them.
It can be seen that the strength of Western countries in the past two or three hundred years has made them develop the bad habit of arrogance and arrogance, unable to accept the reality of being surpassed, and can only use constant smear, rumors and other means to redeem their so-called "dignity", other than that, there is no other way.
Ruins of the Old Summer Palace
The key to reconciliation between East and West – respect
In fact, many people say that we can find a way to have a good relationship with them. But one thing that must be seen is that they don't want us to be strong, they just want us to work for them without compensation, and they just want us to continue to be enslaved by them. Believe it or not, as long as you give up the development of yourself, give up industrial upgrading, technological change, dedicate your own blood, sweat and money, immediately a piece of peace, BaoQi will also seal you a "good people" title.
But is such an endless concession possible? The Western countries are a bottomless abyss, and no matter how much they give up, they will not be satisfied. Take a good look at the situation of black Africans in Western countries! The West is a place where racial discrimination is most severe, and in their eyes, Chinese live is wrong.
In the past, Africans softened and obeyed, did Westerners let them go? We have cut the land, paid compensation, and the Westerners have spared us again? Not even the slightest hint of pity appeared in their hearts. They will only carry out bloody plunder and oppression again and again.
Therefore, Westerners are completely unable to talk about becoming increasingly unfriendly to us. Because Westerners have never been friendly, this is a historical fact that we must face up to.
Although, under the hypocritical face of Westerners, there is a dirty heart hidden. But the development of world history has forced us to deal with them. So, can the day when east and west can usher in a truly harmonious picture?
In fact, it is entirely possible to achieve this day. The key to achieving true harmony between East and West is respect. Only when Westerners let go of their "obsessive" self-confidence, abandon their indomitable arrogance and arrogance, learn to respect others from the bottom of their hearts, and truly live with others as equals, can they achieve true harmony between the East and the West.
Behind respect is strength. When a person is weak, it is impossible to get the respect of others, and all that can be obtained is pity and bullying; only when a person is really strong can he be treated equally and can he be truly respected by others.
In recent years, the West has become more and more hateful and angry with our country, which just shows that China's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and it has become so strong that they have some scruples. But it is not enough to truly gain the respect of Western countries.
It can be seen that if Westerners want to abandon their conceit and arrogance and learn to respect others, they must be stronger than them. That is to say, true harmony between East and West can only be achieved when China itself is strong enough to force Westerners to learn to respect and treat others equally.