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Watched the Lunar New Year TV broadcast, do have some feelings as a Chinese national on what China suffered as a nation for a long time.
After the country indepedence from Japan and Nationalist Party, it was under sanction and threat from North by US, East by Taiwan (really US), South from France then US.
Then unwise collective policy and natural disaster forced upon its already suffered badly citizens.
Still the pursue for military might persisted to make sure China is NO LONGER under any threat from foreign dominance like Qing dynasty (like Chinese say, lose the wife and also the soldiers, really gold and silver, gain OPIUM instead. )
We had scientists working hard to create Atomic Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, Missiles to deliver them (read that Chou En Lai commissioned a custom built ship good enough to sail to Indian Ocean to verify results of the missile test to prove its usefulness).
We were limited in basic necessities partly due to the sanctions and unwilling sharing of technology by BOTH US (and its allys or lapdogs) and Soviet Union. All those to be purchased basic items needs coupons to buy (money is NOT every thing, though scarce) via allocation. Long lines in the early morning just to get it before they are gone.
Now over the last 40 years after sanctions were lifted, no more shortage of basic items exists no more.
Goal from Central is to lift the poor peasants from their deprived state to a livable life. Average of 10 Million a year. Planting more transportation means to their house. Creating tourist and high value farm products to lift their living standard. Buying soybeans and wheat from other countries with comparative advantage to mass produce them at the lowest costs. Flower is more expensive than good, haha.
China not only exported products, but also smuggled citizens to make a good living outside of China.
Used their ingenuity and hard labor to better themselves though undocumented.
Now 5 G is threatening developed countries and looks like it is controlled by North European countries and China and South Korea on the network equipment side. Now the Five eyes consortium is trying to ban Huawei in the name of security, proven or otherwise. Heard even from an ignorant American telling me that the TCL TV that I bought may have cameras or mic to listen on me at home or taking pictures of my movements in my house. If this is the case, then US should really watch out, haha.
Let me hope that we do not become a PIG during the year of pig. Walk more, eat less, waste less. |
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