March 8. Five p. m. Anthony College, Oxford, Darendorf room.
The lecture was given by Kenny Golden, a senator from Virginia, USA and a former naval commander, who gave a lecture on "America, China and Taiwan Province".
The general content is how the United States assists in defending Taiwan Province, the deployment of troops and the strategy of assisting defense. The speaker compares the number of missiles, warships, tanks and soldiers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with detailed data, which is nothing more than highlighting the mainland’s military threat to Taiwan Province. And declared that if you vote to fight for Taiwan Province, he will say yes. I always think that in the short term, war is impossible, and people are rational, so is the mainland, so is Taiwan Province, and so is the American devil.
After the lecture, the host asked everyone to ask questions. The middle host (Hong Kong people) should come from Taiwan Province and China (sorry, foreign countries are divided in this way. In order to distinguish themselves from Chinese mainland, they are willing to equate the mainland with China, but in the long run, even the cultural identity of China will be deconstructed. I am well aware that using the concept of mainland China intentionally on any occasion means that only China in Chinese mainland is not a complete China, and since there is a mainland, there must be an island. No matter where).
Then three people from Taiwan Province asked questions. Finally, a weak little woman from Taiwan Province looked at me timidly and asked, "If China take over Taiwan Province, how long will Taiwan Province last until the US military supports it?". I wonder in my heart that some people are spineless. When brothers are in trouble, they expect others to fight (it’s a pity that you treat others as brothers, others treat you as brothers, and people can’t say whether they treat you as enemies). Chinese’s history, how so cruel? But then I thought, the weak always have to find a backer, and today’s Taiwan Province is not the role of the counter-offensive against the mainland.
I have been in Oxford for four months, and I have always been humble enough to think that my English level is not good and I can’t ask questions casually. Looking around the room, I didn’t find a person from the mainland, leaving foreigners watching from the other side, waiting for an opportunity to deduce, and thought I was open to China. I also caught a glimpse of the host’s eye hints and expectations for me intentionally or unintentionally (maybe I was worrying too much and being romantic). No one will pick up the stubble. Someone has to step forward.
Let me get straight to the point: Dear Sir, I am from mainland China, Thank you very much. I have come here for 4 months, and my English is not good enough.But I want to ask you some questions,first one,why you foreignors always image China as an enemy? Our rise is not the process of fighting against any people any country.
As soon as I spoke, foreigners began to panic. They all said that they had no prejudice, and their eyes began to be gentle, and they did not rule out some appeasement. The former naval officer who gave the speech said that it was his job, and he was not hostile to Chinese, saying that Chinese thought, "If we won’t be the super power, we will stand out the side." And so on.
During the period, there are still some questions and answers. I interjected,’ There is a proven Chinese do not fight against Chinese’. Not long after, a Taiwan Province person opposite me was deeply marked with the "Taiwan Province Seal", and indirectly responded to my gentleman’s remark that "Chinese doesn’t fight Chinese, but we are from Taiwan Province", and that they can have more children, have democracy and so on. I’m sorry, I wanted to scold you, but I suppressed it. It’s not easy to think about these buddies. They always say that we have been brainwashed. Aren’t they the same? Didn’t the so-called binary opposition between Taiwan Province people and Chinese be created by some politicians and past history? The responsibility is not on him. I’d like to take this occasion to argue with him. Why don’t foreigners intercede with him? It’s too embarrassing for our country. )。 I didn’t delve into it any more. Some problems are too complicated, but as Chinese, it really hurts me to see the Taiwan Province issue so anxious. When the host saw it, he quickly changed the subject.
Near the end, a girl sitting next to me suddenly asked that she was from Chinese mainland. Only then did I find that my sight had ignored this lovely compatriot. I was not alone. Seeing this, I couldn’t wait to shake hands and greet: I finally met my comrade. She asked, "Will the United States feel any loss after the peaceful reunification of China?" (The level of the question is much more tactful than mine, and it is also clever. It directly kills the speaker, which means: You always use the banner of dealing with China force to contain China. If China is peacefully reunified, how can you play? The old man replied that they would be very happy because they didn’t have to increase military spending by hundreds of billions. I whispered in Chinese: American devils are hypocrites. Actually, it’s more refreshing to use national scolding. Allow me to scold you, American devil! )
Imagine, when did all the internal problems of the Chinese nation lack the intervention of the powers in the past century? Needless to say, the Taiwan Province issue is directly related to the American support for the continuation of the civil war. Now it is also used as a bridgehead to curb the rise of China. Some buddies are willing to act as pawns besides worrying about reunification. When the United States is their savior, they regard the mainland as their enemy. What has the mainland done to you? The mainland has said many times that we are targeting Taiwan independence, not the people of Taiwan Province.
However, we also need to respect the history and reality of Taiwan Province. Taiwan Province people’s consciousness and living space are caused by history, including the factors left over from the civil war, the factors manipulated by Taiwan independence forces, and the lack of strong internal forces to shape the people’s sense of unity. Afterwards, I told a relatively peaceful friend in Taiwan Province, "It hurts me to come here. Yesterday’s history created today’s reality, but today can also create tomorrow’s history."
I’m sorry, just before I left the room to greet two Japanese people, Kenny Golden came to send me my business card, asked me where I came from, and told me that he had been to China, great people,great country and so on. I said, I understand your job, military deduction is your job, but I hope you will be unemployed forever, because there will be no war there.
My feeling:
1. Chinese includes the respectable female compatriot I mentioned (sorry, it should be noted that Taiwan Province compatriots are not included for the time being). We should have a sense of "being present" in occasions involving China affairs. The era of the Paris Peace Conference will not happen again. We should make our own voices. To paraphrase this lovely female compatriot’s reply to my email afterwards, "As a mainlander, I want to thank you for standing up bravely when the discourse of the United States and Taiwan Province dominated.". In fact, there is no need to thank you. Everyone in China should stand up at this time. Only in this way will we not be lonely. I also thank this lovely female compatriot.
2. I think it is difficult to place hope on the people of Taiwan Province, because it is a trend that Taiwan Province’s subjective consciousness is getting stronger and stronger. I think we can only place hope on the people of Taiwan Province, hoping that they can maintain the status quo and strive for reunification, but we still have to rely on the mainland people.
I would like to be a member of the "people". My first task is to improve my English quickly. In public, on the one hand, I should respond artistically to some Taiwan independence-biased remarks; on the other hand, I should try to make it clear that the Taiwan Province issue is our own family affair, and we have the wisdom to handle it well. Don’t worry about hypocritical imperialism.
3. Friendship thanks A German female professor, I found her chatting with Taiwan independence-leaning Taiwan Province, and went over to them and told them: We do not want the war, we also want to address the problem in a peaceful way. She said yes, there should be no war. Look at East Germany and West Germany. When I was 8 years old, I watched the street war and could only lie behind the curtain in fear. The mainland is Taiwan Province’s big brother, thanks for her advice.
4, please eat flesh and blood, brothers infighting away. However, it is still an old saying, my friends in Taiwan Province, just keep and strive for your autonomy. It is estimated that it is naive to ask you to undertake the responsibility of safeguarding the unity of the Chinese family. This responsibility is for the mainland people to shoulder. I am a member of the people.
The last sentence: We are the product of history, but we are also making history.
(Editor: Li Zhiqiang)
