China Tells

What is China in the eyes of an American, or a westerner in general? A devil driven by the communist idealogilized machine, or an angel that brings peace and fortune to the world (See Article from NYT)? It is not a simple question. With China’s rise in the latest two decades, there are a lot of concerns and worry from the West, for idealogical or security reasons. However, apparently people see more of the benefit of China’s rise. Thanks to China’s peaceful growth, kids all over the world can have affordable Christmas gifts, and thanks to the rise of China, there are strong force to maintain the regional balance for the sake of peace. This week’s visit of President Obama to China shall make the cooperation between two nations progress on a positive tone. After all, there are much more commonality between China and US now than 20 years ago.

中国在西方人的眼中好比是个变色龙，有时候他们看到中国的贪婪无情，有时候看到的则是乐善好施。其实这也没什么奇怪的，世界各国政府还不都是这样。有人统计由于和中国的贸易关系，美国人每年因此获惠700亿美元。这对于目前深陷危机的老美来说，至少是实实在在的好处。