Newsgroups: soc.culture.taiwan
Subject: More 50% support TI
From: shaohui@oread.cc.ukans.edu
Date: 1 Jan 93 03:05:20 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Serces

I first apologize to post on sct, because I am a mainlander and someone here
might think I want to issue another vobal war between us. No, my intetion is to
tell some stories and hope that can solve some misunderstanding between us.
     I once went out with some Russian girls, it is very good experience
because they just want to flatter me and do anything to please me. All of this
is just simply because I come from China and that means I might lead a better
life than they do. But I'm also sad because a once powerful and proud country
degraded to this degree. I also once have an American girlfriend, which is a bad
experience. I hate her sence of superity to me even she does not intent to mean 
that. It is still because  I come from China and in American public media,
China is a poor country with some economic miracals here and there. And its
people desire democracy and freedom so much that they want to be as poor as
Rassian people. We are human beings, our personal vanities need to be
satisfied. And unfortunately people are  flattered not because   how
democratic they are but how rich they are. So when mainlanders agree with ccp,
that is because under ccp's current rule we are not in the situation of Rassian
people and our living standard are improving sustaintiously, not because we are
"brain-washed", communist spies, or just stupid. So, I sincerely plead you not
omit opions from mainlanders just because they are communist spies or too fear
to speak the truth. 
     Second, I humbly suggest that for the cause of democracy is an undisputable
support for any argument might be questionable. I once really believe in
democracy and willing to risk my life for it in 1989. However, most advocaters
of democracy become fat and more earger to convince foreiners that China need
democracy than do that to Chinese people after they flet to foreign countries.
I once heard a speech by Chai Lin in our university. It is sick and questions 
from Chinese students are filtered by an American. And according to my experience 
in 1989, people like power much more than democracy. So, when someone say they 
are for more democracy, people have to ask for whose interest is behind it and
or for which political reason. People still need to ask that if democracy mean 
a better life and a better political system. when I watched the president
debate this year. And there is a electronic poll is hold on the TV, I can not
help myself thinking  that it is like a video game. Everyone engaged in it and
the designer makes money. This summer, I travelled in Colorado, one America who
has been to many Asian countries praised Singapore greatly, but bet your pandom,
does not appreciate the "political progress" in Taiwan because people are earge
to exchange fight in streets and congress, the transpotation is massed up. On
the other hand, Japan has never achieve any big demoncratic progress after the
withdrawl of occupation army. Instead they concentrated on the improvement of
their companies and techniques. They are more respectable than many
democratic countries in this whord.  Chinese people has an tentency to be 
involved in political game if they have chance, but they never agree with each
other until one is the conquer. If Taiwainese are still eager to argure with
each other and enjoy the self-complimency of been a "democratic COUNTRY". It
will lose its chance to advance to a high tech. products producer.
     My following stories are about my relationships with some Taiwanese. I
knew a very cute Taiwanese girl. She was very arrogant to me at first because
she think herself is very rich comparing to me. However, after I implied that I
might be richer than her in some occations proply. She now tell me that to
known a person need time. So,  please do not base your argument on the
assumption that you are richer, so you has the truth. That is senceless and
also other people may catch up in a surprise speed. You might think that I am a
child of high official. That is not true. Certainly, people has power usually
have an unfair share of money, that is the truth everywhere. However, in now
day's China, if a person is smart and lucky enough, he can be outstanding too.
Another story: in my hometown, which is Dr. Shun Yisun's hometown, its mayor is 
a millionary(actually more a million ). But, local people does not
complaint as much as people in other part of China about corruption. Why?
because he is richer, and other people also have more chance to be richer. So,
please do not look at CCPers in old ways. They are quiet economic now day and
some of them have a big support from ordinary people.
     finally,  people from mainland China do have a nationalistic feeling. Not
by education of CCP, but by our own understanding of history and philosophy.
The more you study it, the more you love it. Once, in the class of Western
Civilization, the teacher presented how many people is killed by communist
governments in different countries. I could not help myself asking him how many
people were killed during the colonilyzation of America and enslavment of
Africa. Also during the industrilization of western countries, how many people
is looted and killed both inside and outside those countryies. I am not justify
those killings by ccp, but I also can not stand someone pretend to be innocent 
and to be God to teach you how to live. China is a great country. Her
greatness is in its philosophy and history. Certainly she need to study from
others, she also need to study her own legacy. After all, she is the longest
continous civilization on this earth. why we should stop it and to copy others
and so happy to be one of them. It's lucky for the people in the rest of world 
that we keep fighting with ourselves. And someone are still trying to keep 
this  fighting. Be unity and not seperation, because unity is the only power
that we have not discover in ourselves.
      Thank for all the people reading this article. Sorry I can not response
to anyone concerning on my opions. I have much much move important things to do
than talking. By the way, if any one want information about their bussiness in
China please feel free to contact me. 
       
     ****** Political arguments are drugs. The more you use it, the more you 
lose in it.**********
        A science student  and  a partime bussinessman.
            
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