Are
politicians in the West - some for electoral advantage - in effect brainwashing
the general public to oppose the People's Republic of China? According to this
editorial from the state-controlled Global Times, Western leaders are
only shooting themselves in the foot by trying to force a peace loving China to
adopt a Western style government or allow the value of the yuan to appreciate.
As regional and global
leadership summits approach, a wolf pack of anti-China radicals appear to have
joined hands to attack China's exchange rate policy, its political system and its
regional strategy. Such attacks are bringing uncertainty and tension to the
global economy, politics and security.
But what such people are
describing isn't the real China. It's simply impossible for China to let the
exchange rate of the yuan soar as the U.S. demands.
For decades, China has insisted
on common growth and peaceful coexistence. Within the international arena, it
is cooperative and low-key.
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Perhaps the only way such
people can take solace is from psychological aids. But scapegoating China because of the
incompetent way the West has fought the financial crisis is not creative.
By blaming China, some politicians seek to evade their own responsibilities.
Such people are nationalists
venting their anger through media to win votes. Their public anti-China alliance
is gradually becoming an "axis of evil ideology" eroding world peace.
This "axis of evil ideology"
advocates antagonism between the powers and a new Cold War. They urge not
negotiation and dialogue, but bullying and suppression of rivals. History has
shown that policies like theirs lead mankind only into an abyss. Like a double-edged
sword, excessive anti-China attacks hurt not only China, but the West itself.
China will not prosper by
merely copying a Western political model. Nevertheless, anti-China elements mislead
the public, convincing it to believe that with its model, the West can reshape
China.
They think on the one hand,
they can command China's economy with their financial tools, and on the other, isolate
China by corralling a handful of allies. In fact, Western animosity toward
China often puzzles Chinese, because China has never provoked anyone.
Some Westerners believe that
China should always adore Western power and never threaten the West's existing
interests, but at the same time, should share more responsibility. They think China
should neither challenge nor compete with the Western order.
Anti-China ideology poisons
the minds of people in the West by claiming superiority as global aristocrats
and rulers.
Excessive anti-China
sentiment can only lead to increasing misjudgments about China by Western
society.
China will never act first to
stir up trouble. But by provoking China, Western actors will prompt a reaction
from China that will trigger further uncertainty.
Provoking a loss of stability
is likely what this "axis of evil ideology" wants.
