Volume 198【Sensation】

Does China have a problem?

Yes, there are many more!

At the end of the 1980s, there was a book called "China on the Col", which specifically discussed the problems facing China, and also raised some questions about China's future. For example, the author said that China's agricultural output will decline, environmental issues will be a big problem in the future, and the effect of one-sided pursuit of gnp may not be the best, etc.

The key point is that the author speaks with facts and data, pointing out all the problems that are happening and about to happen in China, and even the blood-red fifty cents can't refute them. Many people who read that book said: "After reading it, I was completely hopeless. With so many problems, can China still be saved?"

Even in the 21st century, some of the pages in "China on the Col" can be directly changed to the nouns and data, because China has not completely solved those problems.

This is the correct way to ask questions. We are not prohibiting saying that China is not good, but to make your words reasonable and convincing.

Reverse nationalists are not the same, they will only say that China is rotten, this is rotten, that is rotten, and foreign countries are good in everything. It even extends to physical characteristics. Foreign men have bigger dicks and stronger bodies, so their genes are better!

This kind of argument reached the mid-1990s. As the country became more open and the horizons of the Chinese people became wider and wider, it gradually aroused the rebellious psychology of countless people. Is Lao Tzu so bad? Is the country that bad? mmp!

The most important thing is that in 1995, China's economy suddenly developed rapidly, the high inflation rate for many years was suppressed, and the national laws were constantly improved. People's lives are getting better and better, with more and more money in their pockets. Except for laid-off workers and farmers, everyone's life and career are on the rise.

At this time, Western countries are constantly imposing sanctions to hinder China's development. Domestic reverse nationalists not only sing bad news and self-deprecating, but also foreign-funded enterprises and Western dross are invading wildly.

Aggrieved!

People have a grievance accumulated in their hearts and want to vent it out, and "China Can Say No" is an outlet for venting.

There are many passages in this book, whether they are fabricated or not, readers can find the prototype of reality around them. For example, Chinese employees working in foreign companies use English to discuss business with Chinese people. After answering in Chinese, they pop up a few English words from time to time. In fact, this product has never been abroad at all. Another example is when a third-rate singer from Hong Kong and Taiwan came to Shanghai. Just because he advertised that he was of Western descent, he was able to attract tens of thousands of young men and women to rush to buy tickets. Another example is that when Fei Xiang was very popular, because he was so handsome, two young women were arguing about whether Fei Xiang's eyeballs were gray or blue, and they shouldn't be black anyway.

Such a way of writing is too down-to-earth, and it is easy to arouse the anger of the Chinese people. How could it not sell well?

When Song Weiyang got this book, his first reaction was: Is this a pirated copy? Printed like shit.

He can also find typos, so proofreading is probably done casually. The cover is also nonsense, the background pattern is the Great Wall, and the front is the head of the Statue of Liberty on the neck of an American soldier. The color tone is black. Such an artist should be fired.

In fact, the difference between the two books can be seen from the few lines on the title page.

Song Weiyang's "The Future Belongs to China": "A truly great nation will never bother to play a secondary role among mankind, or even play a first-class role, but must play a unique role. If a nation loses this belief, it ceases to be a nation."

"China Can Say No": "The United States can't lead anyone, the United States can only lead itself. Japan can't lead anyone, and sometimes Japan can't even lead itself. China doesn't want to lead, China only wants to lead itself."

The former is to regain national self-esteem and self-confidence, while the latter is full of anger: Damn you, American Japan, don’t take care of me, it’s hard for you to take care of yourself, the Chinese can make decisions for themselves!

Some of the contents of the two books are also similar, but Song Weiyang likes to use facts, data and theories to speak. He has read many foreign journals over the past year, checked a lot of domestic and foreign materials, and asked Professor Lin Nan to help him look up a certain book. some American literature. And the other book likes to make up jokes, brag and talk big words, and write nonsense without logic.

Song Weiyang always maintains rationality in the book, analyzing the shortcomings and advantages of China and the Western world in place. And another book only sees the bad side of Western countries, and even said: "All liberation movements in the world are bathed in the sunshine of Chinese thought. All peace and progress in the world are all benefiting from China. merit."

Bragging, bullshit!

Reverse nationalists practice double standards, and extreme nationalists also practice double standards. They say that the history of the United States is too short, so it is superficial and ignorant without foundation; So is it better to have a longer history or a shorter one?

The reporter went to interview many well-known authors and asked them to evaluate the two books.

Wang Shuo sneered, as if no one looked down on him.

Wang Xiaobo probably looked at the face of netizens, saying: ""The Future Belongs to China" makes people think, and "China Can Say No" makes people angry. Of course, this is for the general readers. "China Can Say No" can only It makes me unable to read, it lacks basic logic, just like a child's raving."

The reporter only intercepted the first half of the paragraph, and then issued an article saying: "Mr. Wang Xiaobo, a famous writer, commented on the two most popular nationalist books in China at the moment. He said that "The Future Belongs to China" makes people think, and "China Can Say No" makes people think." anger……"

Before the Spring Festival, "China Can Say No" sold 2 million copies, and the pirated version was several times that of the original version. In Jiangcheng alone, 400,000 pirated copies were seized. At this time, Song Weiyang's "The Future Belongs to China" only sold 1.2 million copies, which shows that anger is often more popular than reason.

Less than 20 days after the two books went public, they attracted widespread attention from foreign media.

First, "Asia Weekly" sent reporters to interview, then "Wall Street Post", then "New York Times", "Times", "Yomiuri Shimbun"...

The foreign media almost all criticized "China Can Say No", and the headline of "New York Times" even read "Old Chinese Rebels Find New Reason". Regarding Song Weiyang's book, the "New York Times" commented that it was "scaremongering and blindly arrogant", and directly ignored the social problems in the United States that Song Weiyang raised.

Foreign booksellers began to carnival, and in the next six months, publishers from more than ten countries approached Song Weiyang, requesting to purchase the copyright and translate it for distribution.

Historically, "China Can Say No" could be translated into eight languages, and sold 100,000 copies in Japan alone.

The top management didn't pay much attention to it at first, but they couldn't resist exporting to domestic sales. These two books have attracted global attention, saying that the rise of extreme nationalism in China has made foreign companies in China panic. After going around and going around, I went to the internal reference in this way, and organized scholars to discuss and study the content of the book.

The results of the research, to put it bluntly, some social issues in "China Can Say No" are worthy of attention, but the value of this book is probably to be wiped in the latrine.

As for Song Weiyang's "The Future Belongs to China", its content on energy, environment, education, trade, industry, diplomacy, and the Internet has spawned many high-quality social science papers.

A few years ago, "China on the Col" raised many very practical social issues. Although the book was banned, its author was transferred to the Department of Philosophy of Science, CUHK to do research, was also accepted into the China Future Research Association as a researcher, and created a "China problem study".

Now, there are already several big names in the field of social science who have their eyes on Song Weiyang, wanting to draw him into his sect and train him personally.