Sunday, October 24, 2010

Are you afraid of China?




Current
Now that China is getting strong again, the fear for the West comes again. This time, they are afraid that China is going to rule the world with their cheap products and control of rare-earth minerals. The following are some of the major issues the West have been trying protray China as the villain.
1. Currency Manipulator : The West has accused China saying that the country is trying to manipulate its currency to make them cheaper so that it is competitive compared to products made from the West.

2. Rare-earth minerals : Recently, China has reduced the export of rare-metals by at least 70%. The West again accused China of monopolizing the trade and that act is against policy of WTO. The fact is China has only a third of all rare-metal reserve in the world, there are actually not that rare, it's the West problem for being unable to produce them at a competitive price. Also producing these rare-metal brings a huge toll onto the environment, that is a major issue the chinese government is trying to tackle.

3. Human rights : The West is tryin to create havoc in China by raising human rights issues starting from issues related to Dalai Lama to recently awarding a peace Nobel prize to an imprisoned Chinese activist who fights for democracy.

4. Adding oil and fire to the soured relationship between China and Taiwan. Don't forget, US is the biggest firearm supplier of Taiwan.

You can just see how worry the West are about China, trying every way just to topple China. They have even effectively incorporated this fear into everyone's mind. The advertisement above is just one example. It is not produced by the Chinese that's sure. It is produced by the Americans as a political advertisement for their current mid-term election which will be held this November. It brings a sense of anti-china message in it as well.

HISTORY

Take a look at the video above and you will understand the fear the West have for China. The U.S. have been creating tricks and plans to topple this rising dragon of the East. Even from before during the late 19th Century, the West have started the Opium war with China. Just a little history. China was a prosperous country with various products that the West need such as silk, cotton, grains, porcelain, metals, rare-metals, spices, and many more. During that time, the only thing that China need from the West is simple : Gold or Silver (That was the currency that they use since ancient times). The West have nothing to offer them, the Chinese don't want coffee (they have their own tea), they don't really want anything from the West because the West has nothing to offer. So they figured out a better way to exchange these products. The West introduced opium to the Chinese. Once they got hooked on, they just need to trade opium with them in order to get what they want. They also started selling them firearms (That's what the west is best at : Violence).
Once the Chinese realize the problem, they banned opium trade. The West reacted furiously by sending army to attack China and force them to open up their trading port to continue trading opium. That is what they are best at "Giving people shit and get their treasure".
Even worse, China was forced to surrender Macao and Hong Kong for their rule for 100 years.

Wake up, the 19th century belongs to the U.K, the 20th century to the US. 21st Century belongs to China. Please give China this opportunity.

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