THE CHINA POLICY -- A LAYMAN'S APOLITICAL VIEW ... 2

THE CHINA POLICY -- A LAYMAN'S APOLITICAL VIEW ... 2

The Chinese have not forgotten the insult the West has inflicted on them when they wrote at the entrances of important public places in Shanghai, 'Chinese and dogs not allowed.' Nor have the Chinese forgiven the West for such indignity heaped on them. And this remains a motive force for their rejuvenation as a race. We have also faced such indignities galore and have been wiped out of our wealth, material and human, like no other country on earth has been by the British. And what have we in turn done? 1) Become a Member of the British Commonwealth of Nations ; 2) Settled in hordes in England ; 3) Have not bothered to know the history of British colonial depredation in India ; 4) Pride ourselves in being anglophiles ; 5) Our Prime Minister calls himself a himself 'a humble tea-vendor' in almost abject servitude before the then British Prime Minister David Cameron at a gathering of expatriate Indians in England. Contrast this with the Chinese President taunting England when he visited the country thus : '' China is far superior in strength to Britain in every respect and it is at the invitation of Britain that I, President Xi Jinping, have acceded to visit Britain. It is not that China needs Britain's friendship but that Britain needs China's." This blunt statement may sound as Chinese national arrogance but it would be construed in most Chinese minds as the unforgiving Chinese stance to national indignity borne at the hands of Britain in the past from opium trade to the 'dog' epithet. And this is patriotism the Chinese way. We ought to learn a lesson or two in patriotism from the Chinese.

Written by

Sugata Bose

Photo :

1) Mao Xedong and Zhou Enlai (public domain)

2) Xi Jinping ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China#/media/File%3AXi_Jinping_2019.jpg )

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