"Americans are much less likely to understand the Chinese system and Culture than Chinese to understand the United States."
David West, a retired NBA star who said this, mentioned in a recent interview that China's goal of total poverty alleviation in 2020 is to "strive to achieve the government's real management of people's lives", Americans often cause Chinese dissatisfaction on the Hong Kong issue because of the lack of understanding of Chinese history, and the outdated "red panic" tactics of the US government have been unable to work in a highly organized mature country like China...
Netizens who watched the interview commented that "West knows east", Weiss's speech was "very level", and he had to take the attitude of nibbling on high school history textbooks to read it carefully.
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Infographic: David West
Upon enquiry, the interview took place on July 27 by Danny Haiphong, an independent Journalist in the United States, and the discussions between the two revolved around American politics. Many of them deal with the Hong Kong issue, Sino-US relations, as well as China's political system and social development.
China has made "some of the greatest achievements in human history"
In the interview, West said that "the probability of Americans understanding the Chinese system and Chinese culture is much smaller than the probability of Chinese understanding the United States."
In his view, China's development over the past 70 years has been planned, with all the layouts "revolving around dealing with the United States" and "they have built in their own way a self-defensive society that can cope with the uninterrupted unfair treatment of Western imperialism, while at the same time striving to make some of the greatest achievements in human history."
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West mentioned here that China aims to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and eliminate poverty within this year.
He said he had been surprised to hear about the target because "that's 1.4 billion people."
West believes that China has "worked hard to realize that the government is really managing the people's lives, and they are really serious about finding ways to maximize the benefits of their citizens", which is also the key to China's ability to build Vulcan Mountain and Leishenshan Hospital in just 10 days at the beginning of this year.
In contrast, "what we're dealing with now is a bit like kicking a jar to the ground."
West pointed out that many economists have already told everyone that "China is now at the top of the pecking order."
It should be emphasized that "they (China) did not do this through war, aggression, throwing bombs at others, shady secret operations, or disrupting the society of others."
West said China has truly grown into a legitimate "threat" that balances the world.
Outdated propaganda will not work for China
He said most Americans have been misled in the past.
Speaking of which, West talked about his first visit to China. He recalls seeing the streets of China with his own eyes that he realized that "beyond the control of the Western imperialist power structure, there may be a society at work", and the people here may not accept your way of thinking, but "they live in a society that has created the greatest progress in human history".
In the United States, ordinary people are rarely interested in talking about China on the other side of the ocean, usually by militant hawks. But the perspective of these people's observations and the materials they accept are outdated, and "these people (and even) are still reading the 'manifesto' of colonialism."
West argues, "We're trying to use 'red panic' tactics, trying to control the country with a political machine." ”
West questioned, "Can the idea that this old trick work helps us anywhere?" Can these isolationist ideas promoted by Trump really help us in any way? ”
West's answer: It won't work, especially for a highly organized, mature country like China.
West explains:
We have to accept that we are now at a very different time in history, in terms of global history, not in different periods in American history. China is the largest trader of all countries in the world, and the holes that Western imperialism has created in the world and abandoned them have naturally been filled by China. So, you blow up a country, China goes to rebuild, and this is good for them, and they do the same.
We use all kinds of negative political propaganda and rhetoric to treat these people, and if you read the discourse of the '60s, you will find that it is exactly the same language as it is now.
The "century-old shame" has made China's development pace steady and far-reaching
The long-standing propaganda, so that many Americans do not understand the history of China's past colonization, is also the reason why Chinese dissatisfaction in the Hong Kong issue is often triggered.
Speaking of which, West also cites the Morey Incident that occurred last year as an example.
West believes that every American should know more or less about China's colonized history. Only by understanding it can we understand the ideology of Chinese collective, "the idea that China is no longer ruled by other countries, loses its sovereignty, and is finally disconnected from its glorious history of the past few thousand years."
Based on this collective psychology and ideology, we can clearly see China's layout and planning.
West said he observed that China's foreign policy has become more proactive and proactive over the years, "their diplomats have become bolder and more direct, more quickly refuting and countering each other's propaganda, and they are constantly trying to make the light of truth shine and push people to understand it in a logical way... And our society, alas, we have to find a way out of the predicament. ”
This change is part of China's layout, and the United States also needs to make changes.
At the end of the interview, West said:
We have to understand what we're facing, because as long as we continue to go our way and say, "We're going to be what we've always been," it won't work anymore. And because there is now pressure from the outside to stop the United States from the past.
One country is ready to end poverty and lift more than 600 million people out of poverty. A country that has vigorously promoted national education, with a national life expectancy of more than 80 years, has greatly increased the rate of education for the first time in the past forty or fifty years.
When you are confronted with a country where you continue to say, "We're going to do things our way," we're going to block people off, we're going to give less or misleading information (to our people), we're going to replace real news reporting with false political propaganda, we're going to continue this imperialist form of sending troops all over the world, building military bases everywhere, and in order to make "America First," we're going to continue stubbornly "we're going to do what we need to do, and we're going to keep going down this path." And with total disregard for the sovereignty and culture of other countries.
In my opinion, it doesn't look like a future where there are possibilities.
After the interview, on July 27, the host Danny tweeted that the interview was "restricted" by Youtube and Twitter platforms.
As of the evening of August 11, Beijing time, the cumulative number of views of the program on the Youtube platform reached more than 5,000.
According to public information, David West was born in August 1980 in New Jersey, USA, a former American professional basketball player, a big forward, affectionately known as "West Master" by fans; his career has played for the Hornets, Pacers, Spurs, and Warriors, including two consecutive NBA championships with the Warriors in the 2016-17 season and 2017-18 season.
On August 30, 2018, David West officially announced his retirement, ending his 15-year career.
David West was interested in black culture, philosophy, and various social issues. Paul, another NBA star, once described him as "the smartest player on the Hornets" because West always kept his books in hand. He studied at Xavier University, majoring in communication, but also had a keen interest in history and was extremely proficient in the history of black Americans.
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