Lovely words of wisdom packaged in Quan's unique style :-)
That President Xi sets challenging goals for the Chinese society is only normal, as any student, sportsman or factory foreman would do for motivation purposes and also to set performance indicators for evaluation purposes. Japan, South Korea and most countries having ambitious development plans did this.
The problem, is that in the US, zero sum mentality is dominant. "If China rises it means we fall, therefore we should not allow China or any other country to develop more than us.
Professor Roy Casagranda illustrates this beautifully in his lecture: "Why Did Someone Think This Was a Good Destination (Part 1: The Grand Wealth Redistribution Scheme)"
This mentality is what has driven the US society and economy downhill falling behind in all socioeconomic metrics. It tries to make up by rampant militarism around the globe, which only further accelerates its downfall.
Thank you for your informative feedback and link to Professor Casagranda's lecture. I strongly agree that this will quicken the pace of the arrival of the multi-polar world.
Excellent article about the contrast between Sam Walton and Xi's China. Before Xi, China officially or semiofficially followed Deng's guide line: literally a Chinese proverb to cover up one's brightness and grow a dark cover over one's talents. Xi changed all that. Within a few years of obtaining power, his top advisor proposed, and Xi obviously agreed, that somebody in the media machine to write a book "The rise of a great country". At the time, the move was ridiculed all over the place. Most Chinese intellectuals inside China knew this was a disaster. And since then, I don't think China had many, if any, good days. Yet Xi was not satisfied. He either encouraged, acknowledged, or approved multiple similar events, including the announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (now mostly defunct) to show to the world that China is after the beef of the West. It would be a miracle if the West had not decided to suppress China. Xi practically invited foreign hostility. Xi is considered as the worst CCP leader ever by many for good reasons.
In a sense, the kingdom Qin followed a similar strategy as Sam Walton. After making the strategic decision to conquer all six other kingdoms and unify China, Qin made various domestic policy changes to prepare the people, the economy, and the military. Yet for one maybe two generations, Qin's kings played dumb and nice, quietly absorbing the ridicules and scoldings from other kingdoms, justifiably so or not. Qin simply played along. Then when they thought they were ready, Qin started playing the imperialist game.
Thank you for your wise comment. The reaction to Xi's move helps to reveal the hypocrisy of the rules-based order. It probably will quicken the pace of the arrival of the multi-polar world.
Lovely words of wisdom packaged in Quan's unique style :-)
That President Xi sets challenging goals for the Chinese society is only normal, as any student, sportsman or factory foreman would do for motivation purposes and also to set performance indicators for evaluation purposes. Japan, South Korea and most countries having ambitious development plans did this.
The problem, is that in the US, zero sum mentality is dominant. "If China rises it means we fall, therefore we should not allow China or any other country to develop more than us.
Professor Roy Casagranda illustrates this beautifully in his lecture: "Why Did Someone Think This Was a Good Destination (Part 1: The Grand Wealth Redistribution Scheme)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dnp7lOObjU
This mentality is what has driven the US society and economy downhill falling behind in all socioeconomic metrics. It tries to make up by rampant militarism around the globe, which only further accelerates its downfall.
Thank you for your informative feedback and link to Professor Casagranda's lecture. I strongly agree that this will quicken the pace of the arrival of the multi-polar world.
Excellent article about the contrast between Sam Walton and Xi's China. Before Xi, China officially or semiofficially followed Deng's guide line: literally a Chinese proverb to cover up one's brightness and grow a dark cover over one's talents. Xi changed all that. Within a few years of obtaining power, his top advisor proposed, and Xi obviously agreed, that somebody in the media machine to write a book "The rise of a great country". At the time, the move was ridiculed all over the place. Most Chinese intellectuals inside China knew this was a disaster. And since then, I don't think China had many, if any, good days. Yet Xi was not satisfied. He either encouraged, acknowledged, or approved multiple similar events, including the announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (now mostly defunct) to show to the world that China is after the beef of the West. It would be a miracle if the West had not decided to suppress China. Xi practically invited foreign hostility. Xi is considered as the worst CCP leader ever by many for good reasons.
In a sense, the kingdom Qin followed a similar strategy as Sam Walton. After making the strategic decision to conquer all six other kingdoms and unify China, Qin made various domestic policy changes to prepare the people, the economy, and the military. Yet for one maybe two generations, Qin's kings played dumb and nice, quietly absorbing the ridicules and scoldings from other kingdoms, justifiably so or not. Qin simply played along. Then when they thought they were ready, Qin started playing the imperialist game.
Thank you for your wise comment. The reaction to Xi's move helps to reveal the hypocrisy of the rules-based order. It probably will quicken the pace of the arrival of the multi-polar world.
I would say it is US behavior in the Middle East and Ukraine that carry far more demonstration power than US counter-action against China's expansion.