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Facing Zhou Yanbing
The crown disease has changed the original appearance of the individual, society, and the world.In troubled times, people are in fear, anger, doubts, and do not give up hope for the future.
Historian Professor Wang Yanwu was interviewed by this newspaper, analyzed the current situation, and also shared how individuals in the chaos were in charge.
The crown disease has raged the world. The virus not only threatens human life, but also brings great changes to everyone's lives.Because life and life are frustrated, the people in every country and region are in varying degrees of panic and disorders. We need to understand not only how to prevent and treat crown diseases, but also include the impact of the epidemic on politics, economy and society.
International relations also face unprecedented challenges.The outbreak of the epidemic in Wuhan, China, has made China the target of the Western world's accusation, exacerbating the conflict between the Eastern countries that have continued to rise since the reform and opening up since the reform and opening up, and the cracks between the two.
China and the Western world have launched cross -cultural debates on national governance, globalization, national and national identity, concept and ideology.This debate has allowed netizens to participate directly in local governments because of the popularity of Internet media.There is both a sober voice in the middle, and there is no lack of hatred and shaking the pot.In a messy melee, people want to know the current situation of individuals, the challenges faced by the country, and how to go in the future.
Lianhe Morning Post and the Chinese News Media Group's English Electronic Magazine Thinkchina (Ideological China), and e -mail with a historian Wang Yixu, a historian of his 90th birthday, hopes to find the answer from his life experience and profound knowledge.Visit the original article THinkChina.sg in English.
Zhou Yanbing (Zhou):
The raging of the crown disease has exacerbated the global hatred of Chinese and Chinese, and on the other hand, the nationalist emotions of China have risen.What do you think of these two emotions next fermentation, including the world's perception of China and the Chinese, and the vision of seeing the world and the West in China.What does this mean for my country's mdash; MDASH; a Chinese who accounts for the majority of the majority of racial countries?
Professor Wang Yanwu (Wang):
I think most people will agree that Chinese leaders will eventually quickly control the crown disease and successfully block the spread of the epidemic in China in China;Delayed, leading to precious time was wasted.
The people of East Asia see the poor performance of advanced countries in Europe and the United States in response to the epidemic, which is quite surprising.The situation in the United States is even more chaotic and unimaginable.The situation is still developing. We do not know how the United States will still politicize the epidemic and blame all responsibilities in China, and how much this approach will have.The anger of people in China sometimes allows the Beijing authorities to excessively react; such a response may make some Chinese complacent, but excessive reaction is useless to the establishment of friendly international relations in China.
We can believe that many Chinese people now think that the West has lost its direction, and the United States will not continue to lead the world.But even so, it does not mean that other countries recognize that China has the ability to replace the United States.The more popular the Chinese, the less attractive their country to the world.
In Singapore, especially in the English circle, the Chinese will definitely be plagued by the emotions of Chinese people around the world; Singapore's political leaders will also pay more attention to neighboring reactions.Chinese people in Singapore can express their dissatisfaction with the emotional Chinese emotions, but also avoid excessive response.
Zhou: It is generally believed that since 2000, the ideal national governance mechanism in the minds of the Chinese people is a centralized system that has a well -known rule and operates well.This is greatly different from the Western ideals that a freedom of freedom to enjoy freedom of speech.For more than 100 years in China, a large amount of infiltration from Western thought has also become a market -dominated economy. Do you think this ideal mechanism in China has changed?How can the epidemic affect the Chinese thinking in this regard?
Wang: At least two generations of Chinese people have learned to appreciate the precious ideas provided by the modern Western world to humans, as well as the benefits of the Western system.However, after the long -term turbulence of the 20th century, the Chinese also felt that democracy from Western Europe may not be so important to the development of Chinese countries.
Most Chinese people seem to recognize national policies that put social order and stability on personal freedom and political participation.They believe that this is needed by China's current development stage, so they are disgusted with criticism that they are not open or even behind.Some senior politicians abroad believe that the problem is the system controlled by the Communist Party of China, not the Chinese people.This has also led to the surveillance of the people of the Chinese Communist Party.
As for the Chinese who are unable to agree with many things in the country but have a deep sense of power, they either choose to go out or find an opportunity to immigrate overseas.However, I think this epidemic will not shake China's mainstream society's confidence in China's economy will eventually recover and the Chinese political system will continue.
Zhou: The West has always been deeply proud of the liberal and democratic system that has faith in faith.Many people think that this is the reason why Western Europe and the United States create and innovate.However, after the epidemic spread, the same value and system showed serious problems, so that some people believed that the epidemic would cause some changes in the western trend, and even the decline of the Western leading world.What do you think?
Wang: I agree that West has shown great creativity when facing the danger of my own civilization, but when China faces Western challenges in the past 100 years, China is also very creative.However, what they tried to create is different from the development of modern universalism pursuing the West; to a large extent they are looking for inspiration from their own history.
If China successfully finds a road to prosperity and unique and gives the world another choice, the United States and the Western world will regard China as a direct and fundamental challenge to its dominant position.Those who feel threatened will do their best to prevent China.I think this is the view of many Chinese people's views on American leaders, and I believe Americans are preparing to do so.
As the leader of the Western world, the United States, the world's only superpower, has made a lot of serious mistakes, including the process of allowing capitalism to ravage and dominate the globalization.This has attracted a negative response from many people in the United States. Choosing to deviate from liberalism has caused the American allies to be confused, and it has also questioned Western hegemony.But even if the West has entered a relatively decline, it does not mean that China will benefit from it.To a large extent, this depends on whether the alternative trends and vision provided by China are credible. For those who are skeptical symbolized by the West, they are more attractive.
During this period, the world economy may fall into a state of decoupling or become a multi -pole world. There are no leaders and no common values.This will seriously shake the globalized economy that has helped many Asian economies in the past few decades.If this happens, the next decades, national leaders will be committed to how to prevent the development of the country from stagnation and even become poverty.
Zhou: Although China has successfully blocked the spread of coronary viruses in China, Chinese intellectuals at home and abroad have fallen into debates about the freedom of Chinese national governance and social speech.Some people think that China includes officials, media, and society that has been trapped in the muds of nationalism and populism, butLack of words belonging to a country and statement about their own country.In a society that lacks the right to speak by individuals, how can China sort out to establish the right to speak of the country?
Wang: This question contains too many profound questions, and a simple answer is impossible.First of all, Chinese intellectuals used to have the opportunity to change and create new possibilities different from its ancient traditions. Many people completely turned to the West to seek answers.However, the essence of Chinese politics, both under the rule of the emperor, warlords, nationalists, or communists, is rooted in Chinese history, so that no individual or intellectual group can propose a one that allows most China to allow most ChinaNew horizons recognized.
In the end, most people also seemed to accept the legality and facts of the People's Republic of China to win the victory and power on the battlefield. They also saw its ability and brought order and new goals to a revival China.In this case, individuals still enjoy a variety of small freedoms, but they always lack such groups that allow organizational groups to challenge the freedom of power.
However, once the leader feels uneasy about the stability of the regime, the space of freedom of social speech will be greatly reduced, which will be a major obstacle to the creativity of the country.In the past and a half century, many Chinese people have come forward to adhere to the principles, but these people's later encounters, especially in recent years, have led others to step by.
The epidemic still threatened China, so the government did not feel stable and safe.Unfortunately, the United States attempts to attribute all the responsibilities of the world to China.This is only part of the trade war, and the trade war is likely to become a major obstacle to China's economic growth in the future.The Chinese now consider it as a long -term threat, which will not help those who intend to seek more freedom for individuals to build personal voice.
Will the world be more split?
Zhou: Do you think this world will be more split, or will you find mutual understanding and coexist?
Wang: We should be grateful that some countries always exist in those leaders who persist and support each other and achieve common ideals.However, the current situation points to the fierce conflict of the two major powers for the fierce conflict of national interests, and the consequences will be a more divided world.In particular, China regards the South China Sea as the core interest, and the United States has also made up their minds to prevent China from challenging its own dominant position in India; there is almost no room for compromise in the Pacific.
The development of the epidemic so far has not made China and the United States support each other and collaborate, but is politicized. This shows that no one will make a concession half an inch for global peace and recovery.Fortunately, the leaders of the two countries are doing their best to prevent the contradictions between the two sides from upgrading and becoming a truly destructive military war.
Global economic recovery depends on all developed economies support
Zhou: Many people predict that the world will enter the darkest period in economic history since the influence of the epidemic in the 1930s.The Chinese economy cannot be spared. In the first quarter, GDP decreased by 6.8%year -on -year.Global recovery depends on whether the economy of each country can survive in the epidemic and not be damaged too much.Some people propose that China and East Asia should play a more important role in leading the world economy.What do you think about this?What is the element of global economic recovery?
Wang: No country has the ability to ensure the recovery of the global economy with its own power.If all countries in East Asia can concentrate resources to launch effective collaboration, they may make a difference.However, without the participation of the United States and Europe, no cooperation will have much results, not to mention that they are currently planning to go each.In any case, the lack of support of all developed economies, the global economic recovery will only be local and fragile.
Of course, this largely depends on how long the epidemic will last.According to the current forecast, before finding effective vaccines, the epidemic and death of the second or even third waves are possible.If the epidemic lasted another year or two, even if the G20 national unity is united, there may be no way to make the global economy truly recover in the short term.
Singapore is not a good thing in the future of the United States or China, the new hope of human spirit from the bottom up
Zhou: What is the location of Singapore in this situation?In the post -epidemic era, what kind of changes do we need to make, and what are our lessons?Is our future in the United States or China?
Wang: First of all, some problems caused by some epidemics are unique to Singapore -city countries, and the required measures are also targeted.In this regard, the Singapore government's response is quite fast, and various resources have also been successfully used to solve the problem.Singapore is also learning lessons, and new correction measures implemented are also proven to be effective.
In terms of regional and global topics, small countries have limited strength in terms of development of the situation.However, small countries can work flexibly and quickly adjust when facing emergencies.
Singapore has gathered all kinds of outstanding talents, and also has a lot of financial reserves that have accumulated decades. Therefore, when encountering difficult situations, there will be more room for adjusting than other countries.The lesson may be that even if the situation looks good, it is necessary to plan ahead, because small countries will never be really safe.
As for China and the United States, if Singapore's future must be relying on one of the countries, it will not be a good thing.The worst case is that there is no choice at all, so I have to bet on, guess which party will win in the Cold War or Jienn.As a result, Singapore will become the territory or affiliated country of a strong country, and can only be obedient.Therefore, for the interests of Singapore, the most important thing is to use a strong and united cooperation framework with the support of neighboring countries.
If Ya'an can do this, then no matter between China and the United States, they may find that they will be able to use this framework to protect their interests in this area.
Zhou: For individuals who are currently in the epidemic and face the changes in the times, what suggestions do you have?
Wang: For people under the age of 50, if home gives them more time, I suggest that they learn various new skills with a mentality of fullness and innovation.They should also prepare for children to meet the challenges of future work.Future work will continue to be updated, created, and will continue to change at a faster speed.
For older people, most people can also choose one or two new skills, or provide suggestions for the younger generation based on their past work experience.More importantly, they must maintain their physical and mental health, do not become the burden of children or grandsons, and weaken the reaction ability of the next generation when facing the changing working environment.
Zhou: You are 90 years old in October this year.You have experienced war and political changes, and have seen the rise and fall of the country. In the long period of time and history, how serious do you think the epidemic we have experienced now?
Wang: I thought that all the war and political changes I have experienced, including the rise and fall of the country, seem to be in a hurry and estimated speed.When everything happened, no matter how difficult and terrible it was at the time, individuals, families, and communities seemed to have the ability to respond.The current epidemic requires the leaders and governments of each country to reflect more imagination, creativity, and rapid execution.Leaders of many countries describe this process as a war that leads the people and invisible enemies.
What impressed me is that most people can actively respond.On the whole, compared with past experience, most people have strengthened their trust in leaders.The most interesting thing for me is that although the impact of the epidemic on people in some areas is more serious than other regions, I have seen the bottom globalization that has never seen before, and initiated by the people.Compared with the past, more people have awareness of the fate of others. We see countless examples. Many people care for others cross -border, cross -border, and long distances.This reflects the progress of modern science, especially in terms of communication technology.ThatMany people are using new technologies to create various new contact information, which makes me feel very excited and also give me new hope for the future of human spirit.
