Is there a problem with China?

Yes, and many more!

At the end of the 80s, there was a book called "China on the Col", which was dedicated to the problems facing China and raised some questions about China's future. For example, the authors say that China's agricultural output will decline, that environmental problems will be a big problem in the future, and that the one-sided pursuit of GNP may not be the best.

The key is that the author speaks with facts and data, and points out all the problems that are happening and about to happen in China, and even the bloody Wumao junior can't refute it. Many people who read that book back then said: "After reading it, I was completely hopeless, with so many problems, can China still be saved?"

Some of the pages in "China on the Col", even in the 21st century, can directly change the terms and data to come out, because China has not been able to solve those problems perfectly.

This is the right way to ask questions, and we are not forbidding to say that China is bad, but to make you reasonable and convincing.

Contra-nationalists, on the other hand, will only say that China is rotten, this is rotten, that is rotten, and that everything is good in foreign countries. Even extending to the physiological characteristics, foreign men's JJs are bigger and stronger, and their genes are better!

In the mid-90s, as the country became more and more open, and the horizons of the Chinese people became broader and broader, it gradually aroused the rebellious psychology of countless people--Is Lao Tzu so bad? Is the country so bad? MMP!

Most importantly, in 1995, China's economy suddenly developed rapidly, years of high inflation were suppressed, and the country's laws were constantly improved. People's lives are getting better and better, there is more and more money in their purses, and everyone's life and career are on the rise, except for laid-off workers and farmers.

At this time, Western countries continue to impose sanctions and hinder China's development, and domestic reverse nationalists not only sing the praises of self-depreciation, but also foreign-funded enterprises and Western dross invade frantically.

Aggrieved!

People have a lot of resentment in their hearts and want to vent it, and "China Can Say No" is an outlet.

There are many paragraphs in this book, whether they are made up or not, readers can find realistic prototypes around them. For example, Chinese employees working in foreign companies also use English to discuss business with Chinese, and after answering Chinese, a few English words pop up from time to time, in fact, this product has never been out of the country at all. Another example is that a third-rate singer from Hong Kong and Taiwan came to Shanghai, just because he advertised that he had Western blood, he could attract tens of thousands of young men and women to buy tickets. Another example is when Fei Xiang was very popular, because he was so handsome, the two young women tore and argued whether Fei Xiang's eyes were gray or blue, and they shouldn't be black anyway.

This way of writing is too down-to-earth, and it is easy to arouse the anger of the Chinese people, how can it not be popular?

When Song Weiyang got this book, his first reaction was: This pirated version is right?

I can find typos, and I guess the proofreading work is all random and foolish. The cover is also nonsense, the background pattern is the Great Wall, and in the front is the head of the Statue of Liberty on the neck of an American soldier, and the tone is black, such an art should be fired.

In fact, through the few lines on the title page, you can see the difference between the two books -

Song Weiyang's "The Future Belongs to China": "A truly great nation never disdains to play a secondary role in human beings, or even a first-class role, but must play a unique role." If a nation loses that faith, it ceases to be a nation. ”

"China can say no": "The United States can not lead anyone, the United States can only lead itself." No one can lead it, and sometimes it can't even lead itself. No one in China wants 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: Ya, you American Japanese don't take care of Lao Tzu, it is difficult for you to manage yourself, and the Chinese can make decisions for themselves!

Some of the contents in the two books are similar, but Song Weiyang likes to use facts, figures and theories to speak, and he has read a lot of foreign journals for more than a year, checked a lot of domestic and foreign materials, and asked Professor Lin Nan to help him consult some American literature. The other book likes to make up jokes, brag and talk big, and write nonsense without logic.

Song Weiyang has always maintained rationality in the book, analyzing the shortcomings and advantages of China and the Western world. Another book, on the other hand, only sees the bad side of Western countries, and even says: "All liberation movements in the world are bathed in the sunshine of Chinese thought." All the peace and progress in the world cannot benefit from China's merits. ”

Bragging,!

Reverse nationalists practice double standards, and ultra-nationalists also practice double standards. They say that the history of the United States is too short, so it is superficial, ignorant and has no foundation, and they also say that New China is only 40 years old and young and full of vitality. So is it better to have a longer history or a shorter history?

The reporter went to interview many well-known writers and asked them to comment on these two books.

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

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

The reporter only intercepted the first half of the paragraph, and then posted: "Mr. Wang Xiaobo, a famous artist, evaluates 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 angry......"

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

Less than 20 days after the two books were listed, they attracted wide attention from foreign media.

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

Foreign media have almost unanimously criticized "China Can Say No", and the headline of the New York Times has even been "Former Chinese Rebels Find New Reasons". As for Song Weiyang's book, the New York Times commented that it was "alarmist and blindly arrogant", and directly ignored the American social problems raised by Song Weiyang.

Foreign booksellers began to carnival, and within the next six months, publishers from more than 10 countries approached Song Weiyang and asked to buy the copyright and translate and distribute it.

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

The high-level didn't pay attention to it, but they couldn't bear to turn exports to domestic sales. These two books have attracted global attention, and the rise of ultra-nationalism in China has made foreign companies in China a little panicked. went around and around, and in this way, he also organized scholars to discuss and study the content of the book.

The results of the study, to put it mildly, are some of the social issues of "China Can Say No" that deserve attention, but the value of this book is probably to wipe your ass in the latrine.

As for Song Weiyang's "The Future Belongs to China", which deals with energy, environment, education, trade, industry, diplomacy, the Internet, etc., it has given birth to many high-quality social science papers.

A few years ago, "China on the Col" raised a lot of very practical social issues. Although the book was banned, its author was transferred to the Department of Philosophy of Science at CUHK to conduct research, and was also recruited into the Chinese Society for Future Studies as a researcher, and also created a course of "China Studies".

Now, there are several big bulls in the field of social sciences who are eyeing Song Weiyang and want to pull him into their own hands to train him.