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Q: Is China hypocritical for denouncing everything western as evil?
In China's Document 9, they denounce "seven deadly sins" as being western imports, when in reality the seven "western values" listed developed independently in East Asia prior to the rise of communism in 1949.
In fact, "socialism with Chinese characteristics" was developed by Marxist thinkers in London, Moscow and Berlin, and is a totally western import.
Most of the stuff they have is western. From gas stoves to the internet. If the people of this nation ever wake up their gonna be pissed and the CPC is gonna have some splaining to do.
A very large percentage of the world's manufacturing is done in China. The global market is so complex that it would be difficult for either side to cut ties with the other in the short term. In addition, many younger Chinese are being influenced through their access to foreign TV programs and music. Foreign travel and education is also influencing Chinese people. no country can suddenly cut off the access any their citizens have to other countries without many years of social engineering.
nicholasba:
younger chinese has been influenced also by japanese urban culture, and probably at an even deeper level than from western culture but still hate about Japan can be found everywhere as soon as the topic arises. I wouldnt be so optimistic in saying that china cant refuse the outside world, even if this would mean suicide. Chinese people r very irrational, sometimes.Just look a their recent history and how the chinese have reacted to the 1th contact with western culture...either; let adopt everything from the western devils (in order to kill them later) or let reject everything from this barbaric culture....
sorrel:
Social engineering occurs in most countries in some form: some more subtle than others. For example, At home when the government want to justify a new tax that hasn't been charged before, they will talk about years in advance to 'normalise' it by pointing out that everyone else in the world is paying a tax like this. This is happening everywhere: previously unacceptable ideas are 'normalised' in the name of modernity. Change happens, it just depends on how it is managed, or if it occurs naturally.
nicholasba:
nothing really changes in China. Yeah, u got skysrapers, western restaurant, iphone everywhere...but is just the surface.
for some reason, my comment field won't work. Translation: 'the more things change, the more they stay the same'
nicholasba:
alright, i agree but doesn't this contradicts what you say earlier?
sorrel:
it probably does, i'm just throwing out ideas, not trying to give an absolute answer. It is a complex area.
Scandinavian:
I think I have expressed this earlier. Despite all the new buildings, China is still a peasant society. The village has been stacked that is all.
