The senior opinion leader once disparaged as representing strident nationalism is now vocally against it, saying "China must stablize its relations with the entire West as much as possible."
Thank you for your insights on this sad situation. She was a kind heroic woman. The world needs more people like her, not the ever increasing hate mongers.
Hu Xijin is right to call out hate; it’s just not necessary. It’s not “free speech” (ie, free to espouse hateful speech) that makes a society free. It is “reasoned speech”.
A good discipline is to always give reasons for our views. We want a high “reason-to-noise” ratio (some “noise” is inevitable) in public discussion.
Old Hu is a wise man. He fully understands the following insightful parable that Mao Zedong 毛泽东 often used in charting the way for the creation of the People's Republic of China. "There is an ancient Chinese fable called "The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains". It tells of an old man who lived in northern China long, long ago and was known as the Foolish Old Man of North Mountain. His house faced south and beyond his doorway stood the two great peaks, Taihang and Wangwu, obstructing the way. With great determination, he led his sons in digging up these mountains hoe in hand. Another graybeard, known as the Wise Old Man, saw them and said derisively, "How silly of you to do this! It is quite impossible for you few to dig up these two huge mountains." The Foolish Old Man replied, "When I die, my sons will carry on; when they die, there will be my grandsons, and then their sons and grandsons, and so on to infinity. High as they are, the mountains cannot grow any higher and with every bit we dig, they will be that much lower. Why can't we clear them away?" Having refuted the Wise Old Man's wrong view, he went on digging every day, unshaken in his conviction. This moved God, and he sent down two angels, who carried the mountains away on their backs. Today, two big mountains lie like a dead weight on the Chinese people. One is imperialism and the other is feudalism. The Chinese Communist Party has long made up its mind to dig them up. We must persevere and work unceasingly, and we, too, will touch God's heart. Our God is none other than the masses of the Chinese people. If they stand up and dig together with us, why can't these two mountains be cleared away?"
Hope relations are stabilized, but not without changes in China occurring first. Pressure must be applied, or the CCP will continue to do the same thing over and over again. It isn't about making fun of Presidential debates that need to change, as they aren't anything we don't say in the US, too.
Thank you for your insights on this sad situation. She was a kind heroic woman. The world needs more people like her, not the ever increasing hate mongers.
An inspiration for all to aspire to. A true hero.
Hu Xijin is right to call out hate; it’s just not necessary. It’s not “free speech” (ie, free to espouse hateful speech) that makes a society free. It is “reasoned speech”.
A good discipline is to always give reasons for our views. We want a high “reason-to-noise” ratio (some “noise” is inevitable) in public discussion.
Old Hu is a wise man. He fully understands the following insightful parable that Mao Zedong 毛泽东 often used in charting the way for the creation of the People's Republic of China. "There is an ancient Chinese fable called "The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains". It tells of an old man who lived in northern China long, long ago and was known as the Foolish Old Man of North Mountain. His house faced south and beyond his doorway stood the two great peaks, Taihang and Wangwu, obstructing the way. With great determination, he led his sons in digging up these mountains hoe in hand. Another graybeard, known as the Wise Old Man, saw them and said derisively, "How silly of you to do this! It is quite impossible for you few to dig up these two huge mountains." The Foolish Old Man replied, "When I die, my sons will carry on; when they die, there will be my grandsons, and then their sons and grandsons, and so on to infinity. High as they are, the mountains cannot grow any higher and with every bit we dig, they will be that much lower. Why can't we clear them away?" Having refuted the Wise Old Man's wrong view, he went on digging every day, unshaken in his conviction. This moved God, and he sent down two angels, who carried the mountains away on their backs. Today, two big mountains lie like a dead weight on the Chinese people. One is imperialism and the other is feudalism. The Chinese Communist Party has long made up its mind to dig them up. We must persevere and work unceasingly, and we, too, will touch God's heart. Our God is none other than the masses of the Chinese people. If they stand up and dig together with us, why can't these two mountains be cleared away?"
Hey, comments are turned on. Great to see.
Hope relations are stabilized, but not without changes in China occurring first. Pressure must be applied, or the CCP will continue to do the same thing over and over again. It isn't about making fun of Presidential debates that need to change, as they aren't anything we don't say in the US, too.