Chapter 661 On the Correct Posture of Aid
"Xiao, you seem to have an opinion about IVHQ?" Rebecca asked.
Xiao Peng shrugged: "I don't have any opinions, after all, they are also doing things, but if their hundreds of staff can also go to work in various poor places, then my sense of them will be better." β
He said it implicitly, but everyone was not a fool, and they tasted the meaning of Xiao Peng's words.
IVHQ is the largest volunteer organization, but there are hundreds of employees, how do these employees get their income, how do those responsible people get their income? How do you get the reception places for IVHQ members everywhere?
Of course, there is definitely more than one organization that makes money in the name of charity, the world is bustling, all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit. This 'no profit can not be early' is the standard on a global scale.
Jamie asked, "Is Africa safe then?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "You are thinking about war and disease in Africa all day long, and I can tell you very responsibly that riots and wars will only occur in certain regions and certain periods, and most of the periods are still very stable and safe." Central Africa, in particular, has abundant rainfall, fertile land and abundant resources in most areas. β
Rebecca continued, "How do you communicate with Africans over there?"
Xiao Peng thought for a while and answered Rebecca's question: "In Africa, not to mention the customs between countries, even if it is within a country, it is really correct to describe it with three miles of different sounds and ten miles of different customs, but how to say it, you can English or French, you can find a good tour guide in Africa, if you know Chinese, you will live very happily in Africa." β
"Chinese?" Professor Clapton's eyes widened.
Xiao Peng nodded: "When you arrive in Africa, you will find that your eyes are full of Chinese people." Either the sales staff sent by our domestic enterprises in the past, or the businessmen who ran over to do business in our country, oh, after all, we are 'infrastructure madness', so there are still a large number of infrastructure workers. Let's just say that in almost every city in Africa you can think of, there are Chinese people. β
Professor Clapton nodded: "No wonder, my grandson's school has now started teaching Chinese as well." β
Xiao Peng smiled but said nothing.
If there is any country in the world that is most interested in Chinese right now, it must be the proud Great Eagle Empireγγγγγγ
Now in order to improve the country's poor math scores, the Eagle Country Zhengfu has made up his mind to introduce Chinese math textbooks (three seconds of silence for the poor Eagle Country doll, let you experience the perverted pool keeper who fills the water while releasing water, and let you feel the idiot ranchers who keep chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, goats and the like together!). But they were still not satisfied, and as proud gentlemen of the Eagle Country, they stood up and challenged the most difficult language in the world: Chinese.
There are many languages in the world that are difficult to learn, and when it comes to describing something as difficult, English, Polish and Portuguese speakers say, "It's hard to look like Greek", while Polish and Finnish speakers are afraid of learning Hebrew, German, Dutch and Czech, and Spanish, but no matter which language is spoken, they are afraid to learn Chineseγγγγγγ
Each language has its own pronunciation difficulties, such as the big tongue sounds of Russian and Spanish, and the small tongue sounds of German and French, and if you want to learn these sounds, some people have to practice for a long time with water, and some people even have surgery to produce those sounds. The difficulty of Chinese lies in the four tones.
Well, in fact, the four tones are not the most difficult part of the Chinese language, look at the Thai people, six tones! That is called an emotional one.
And the Eagle Country is now learning Chinese with great enthusiasm.
(A little knowledge here, it is easier for Cantonese speakers to learn Latin or English than Mandarin speakers, how to divide Cantonese in linguistic classification so far has no accurate answer, some people say that it is one of the Chinese languages, is an independent language, some people say that it is a fusion of ancient Nanyue Chinese, but in any case, the pronunciation habits of Cantonese are indeed close to Latinγγγγγγ οΌ
(It is said that after the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, someone in the first session of the National Assembly proposed to adopt Cantonese as the Chinese, and at that time more than half of the members of the National Assembly from Guangzhou, it seemed that it would not be a problem to pass this bill, but Sun Guofu, who was a Cantonese citizen, persuaded Cantonese parliamentarians to abandon Cantonese as a Chinese in order to take care of the overall situation of the revolution, and finally Beijing dialect overwhelmed Cantonese dialect by one vote to become Chinese.) If this vote had been cast in Cantonese at that time, I am afraid that there would no longer be northerners laughing at southerners who don't speak Mandarin, but southerners laughing at northerners who can't speak Cantonese wellγγγγγγ οΌ
The reason why Eagle people are so enthusiastic about learning Chinese is because the British Council released a questionnaire survey of parents of Eagle Country students, asking everyone to choose the language that is 'most useful in the future', and 51% of parents chose Chinese.
Although it is more than half, but think about the terrible language types in the world, what French, German, Spanish and messy, Chinese monopolizes more than half, you can imagine the status of Chinese in the hearts of the people of Eagle Country.
This is true not only of ordinary people, but also of the royal family: Prince George entered preschool at the age of four, and he has been learning Mandarin since he was not able to speak English. Especially in the recent years, the prime ministers of the Eagle Country are playing hard to promote the Chinese, and it is not an exaggeration to say that now in the Eagle Country, those who have Chinese teaching licenses are definitely the most profitable people. It's two hundred pounds a dayγγγγγγ
However, the interesting thing is that it is difficult to find a Chinese teacher in this Eagle Country, after all, international students generally do not have a teaching license. However, the common people in China are not interested in going to the Eagle State Chineseγγγγγγ
Why is this happening? It's very simple! Let the damn media cheat now, today they say that they go to Dubai to beg and make a lot of money, but they don't let people beg in Dubai at all, and tomorrow they say that they will go to Africa to sell Sichuan food and make a fortune, and as a result, Africans' love for Sichuan cuisine is limited to a very small number of peopleγγγγγγ
Now Huaxia's media credibility is really ------ ah!
Jamie suddenly raised his hand and said, "I watched the American drama "Madam Secretary", which talked about the problem of your Chinese infrastructure in Africa. Xiao, do you know this drama?"
Xiao Peng was stunned for a long time before answering Jamie: "Dude, if your understanding of Huaxia can only be understood by such TV series, I still suggest you go to Africa to see it and experience the status of our Huaxia in Africa." Dude, tell you, there are no real fools in the world, and people can still tell who is really good to whom. β
"Really?" Claudia had already washed up, changed her clothes and walked out of the tent: "My family has a business in Africa, and I prefer to believe what I see in this drama, you are neocolonialism over there." β
Xiao Peng frowned, why is this girl's speech so unpopular?
He snorted and said to Jamie: "Dude, don't watch that kind of TV series if you have a little IQ in the future, do you know what we Chinese people call it?" β
Seeing Xiao Peng ignore herself, Claudia became angry again: "Am I wrong? You Chinese people are engaged in infrastructure construction in Africa, and you have to use 'your own people', my father once wanted to participate in your project, but he couldn't even cram in the basic cooperation of infrastructure workers! You just mentioned that Ghana, the capital of Ghana, is built by Chinese people! Do you know that half of Ghana's young people are still unemployed!"
Xiao Peng sneered and said to Claudia: "It stands to reason that I don't need to explain it to you, but I think this question is probably curious to everyone here, so I'll explain this matter." β
"You say your father has a business in Africa? Well, I'll use a slight analogy, if there is a project now, not to mention the amount of work to be contracted, and the deadline is three months to complete, otherwise you will face a huge fine, then I ask you, will your father complete it in three months?"
Claudia nodded after hearing this: "Well, that's for sure, my family's construction engineering team is the best!"
"Your construction team is the best, so will your family risk huge compensation and hire some people with no work experience to work on this project?" Xiao Peng asked rhetorically.
Claudia muttered speechless.
"Any infrastructure project is not a project aimed at 'increasing jobs', whether it's roads, bridges or other infrastructure projects. If you want to get this project, you need to reduce the cost, and all the projects are won by winning the bid, so why can Huaxia win the bid? Because Huaxia's infrastructure construction is fast and uses little money, how can we do it quickly? That can only be done with our own skilled workers! With local workers? Work for one day and rest for three days? Can we keep up with the progress of the project?
Claudia couldn't refute it after thinking about it, and said stiffly: "Hmph, your country is now 'fishing for oil and water' in Africa, and our countries have been assisting Africa for so many years, but now they let you pick up the cheap." Hum. β
Xiao Peng laughed: "You help Africa?hahahaha, Miss, the world is not like you think, it seems that you are also rich, go out for a walk by yourself and polish your eyes." What is your so-called 'aid'? What have you been doing for centuries but your hypocritical preaching and oppression of the locals? Why are the Chinese popular in Africa? Because we have made them profitable! Not a mirage that you have given you!"
"What else is the aid you have provided besides war? How many countries have been destroyed by your weapons? I suggest you read a book written by former Goldman Sachs economist Denbitha Moyou called "Useless Aid", in which my favorite sentence is: 'Western aid has harmed Africa, and this aid has not only failed to solve Africa's economic problems, but has made Africa impoverished all the time! The so-called 'Western aid' is actually a political, economic, humane-humanitarian, and righteous disaster!' You keep saying that you are helping, let me ask boldly, is there any country in the world that has more experience in getting rid of poverty and becoming rich than China?"
Well, on the ability to get rid of poverty and become rich, Huaxia said second, no one said first!