Once again, let's switch to Sverdelovsk, the capital of the Western Siberian Special Administrative Region, the third largest city in the Soviet Union with a deep Russian cultural heritage under Russian rule for more than 300 years. Look at the changes that have taken place in the mainstream culture of China and the Soviet Union, many different nationalities, and people of different cultural backgrounds in the five years since the establishment of the Special Economic Zone.

There are less than 100,000 Chinese working and living in Sverdelovsk, accounting for less than 1/6 of the total population here, thousands of kilometers away from China's political, cultural and economic center. But here, Chinese culture has, to a certain extent, replaced Russian culture, or is replacing Russian culture. The reason why Chinese culture has achieved a dominant position here is that on the one hand, the guiding ideology in the ideological field is the same surname, and more importantly, the key factor of "material determining consciousness" in China's powerful "material civilization" plays a role in determining the surname.

The need is absolutely realistic, and no matter what system it is, people's good wishes for themselves to live a "good life" are the same. The main contradiction in the period of socialism was the contradiction between the material and cultural needs of the people for increasing growth and backward social production. But this contradictory manifestation is non-antagonistic. The West Siberian Special Zone implements a socialist system, under which the vast number of people, whether you are Chinese or Soviet, are the masters of this special zone and this society because of the elimination of the exploitative system and the exploiting class. There is no question of who exploits whom and who oppresses whom. To put it in layman's terms, if those in power can take the wealth of the whole society from the people and use it for the people, it doesn't matter who is in power. Therefore, the basic contradiction in the West Siberian SAR does not manifest itself in the opposition of the fundamental interests of our Chinese and you, the Soviets. In the Special Economic Zone, as far as each individual is concerned, whether it is a Chinese-funded enterprise, a Soviet-funded enterprise, or a Sino-Soviet joint venture or cooperative enterprise, everyone is given equal pay for equal work regardless of race. The difference in income is reflected in the degree of proficiency in the mastery of labor skills. Another point in the income difference between Chinese and Soviet workers is that the Chinese government axe gives regional differential subsidies to Chinese working here, and as the living standards of the special zones gradually improve, this subsidy will gradually decrease and eventually be completely abolished. This has nothing to do with the political axe of the SAR and the political axe of the Soviet Union and the Soviets here, this is completely the matter of the political axe of China, and does not constitute the main contradiction in society.

The focus of the main contradiction in the socialist period is whether or not we can rapidly develop production and do a good job in modernization. If we fail to rapidly change the backward state of social production and meet the material and cultural needs of the people for economic growth, it will not be conducive to the resolution of various contradictions among the people and will inevitably affect the consolidation of the socialist system. The arrival of China has rapidly changed the backward situation of social production here and rapidly promoted the development of productive forces. Creation of more and more social wealth to meet the growing material and cultural needs of the people of Western Siberia. Your good wishes have been fulfilled, what else do you have to say. No one wants to put a good thing to say, but it is impossible to get along with the Chinese. All that remains is recognition of all activities radiated from the overall consciousness of the Chinese group, and recognition of the ways and methods of survival of the Chinese. That is, the recognition of Chinese culture.

Therefore, it is not surprising that in the Western Siberian Special Administrative Region, the phenomenon of Chinese culture is dominant, and the Russian language is regarded as a symbol of uneducated and cultured. In particular, in large cities such as Sverdlovsk, the capital of the Western Siberian Special Administrative Region, where a relatively high level of education is relatively high, Chinese is spoken, or when speaking Russian, at least a few Chinese words must be added to the Russian language. Otherwise, it would not be enough to show that he is a member of the elite group of this society, that is, the hillbillies from the interior of the Soviet Union, which are not conducive to "harmony".

Before the Soviets come to the West Siberian District, it is better to learn a few words of Chinese beforehand, otherwise you will be staring everywhere. This is very similar to the later generations of China, before going abroad, you had to learn a few sentences of English even if you used Chinese characters to phonetic.

Kimirovsky, a professor of economics at Moscow University of the East, had just arrived in Sverdlovsk and was embarrassed by not being able to speak Chinese. It was not the first time that Professor Kimirovsky had been to Sverdlovsk, but when he returned to the third largest city in the Soviet Union after six years, he was a little dazed. Too much has changed here. The whole city is full of high-rise buildings, and the buildings are not at all in the Russian style, but in the form of building blocks and straight straight high-rise buildings that have no aesthetic appeal. At the beginning of the night, the bustling streets are full of traffic with Chinese-made cars, and there are dazzling plaques with Chinese square characters that change by different combinations of light and color, and huge billboards with colorful and flexible images. The city of Sverdlovsk at night is like a city that never sleeps, and in the dark it is a colorful scenery of light and shadow.

He stopped in front of a brightly lit and antique Chinese hotel, and when he saw the shadows of the glasses and discs inside, the glasses were staggered, the lights were bright, and he was very happy, and he clearly remembered that this place was originally a birch forest. "Товарищи,япрошу,какдо6ратьсядоУральскийакадемическийфиллфиллческий илармоническийоркестр?" (Comrade, how to get to the Ural Symphony Orchestra?) "Go straight 1,000 meters and you'll be on the right side of the street. The young man replied dismissively in Chinese.

Professor Kimirovsky smiled and said very friendly: "Товарищи, Янезнаюкитайского, непонимал, очемвыговорите?" (Comrade, I don't understand Chinese, I don't understand what you're talking about?) ）。

"Такимо6разом, уменянетдрузей stupid" (then I can't help it!) The young man finally scolded in Chinese, and pulled out the earplugs of the "Walkman" as if no one else had done so.

Kimirovsky asked dissatisfied: "Вынесоветскиелюди?" (Aren't you Soviet?) "Вырусскиетоже!Ямужчинаокруг Западная Си6ирь, вызнаете? (You're Soviet!) I'm from the SAR, do you know from the SAR? The young man ended up with a string of Chinese scoldings, without even looking at Professor Kimirovsky, riding away on a Chinese-made electric motorcycle.

The West Siberian Special Administrative Region was paid a higher salary and other aspects than in the interior of the Soviet Union, and most of the wages were paid in yuan. In addition, the goods of China and the Soviet Union entered the West Siberian Special Zone, there were no tariffs, and things were relatively cheap. In particular, China's light industrial products and electronic products, which the Soviets coveted, were more than half cheaper than buying them in the Soviet Union, and they were indeed prosperous, avant-garde, and had a high standard of living. Therefore, the Special Administrative Region of the Western Siberian Region became the most desirable place for Soviet people, especially Soviet youth. The Soviets here are proud of the fact that they are SAR natives, and the bull is understandable at all. It is also a normal phenomenon. Weak enough to despise outsiders who don't speak Chinese is not too much.

Although Professor Kimirovsky himself came to work here for the sake of the modern life of the SAR, high wages and high salaries, and after a lot of activities up and down. But he was still a little angry at the contempt he had encountered here as a famous professor. When he arrived at the school, when he told everyone about it, they said that he was rare and strange, and told him that he should have been able to speak Chinese here. Otherwise you will not be able to enter the mainstream society, even if you are a famous professor in the Soviet Union, and you will not even be able to work and live here.

"However, the Basic Law of the Western Siberian Special Administrative Region clearly stipulates that Chinese and Russian are the official languages here, and Russian should not be discriminated against here." Professor Kimirovsky said with some indignation.

Professor Kimirovsky's Soviet colleague told him very unceremoniously: "Comrade professor, no one here discriminates against the Russian language, and even some Chinese comrades try to speak Russian, but speaking Chinese is the trend here, first of all, if you don't understand Chinese, you can't accept advanced things, and if you don't understand Chinese, your students won't accept you." Even when you go to a public place such as a restaurant, coffee shop, bar, etc., because you speak Russian, the waiter there will slow you down. So I advise you to either go back or go to the middle school immediately. ”

When Professor Kimirovsky spent a month in Sverdlovsk, the capital of the Western Siberian Special Administrative Region, he was an expert in economics who discovered the correct surname for the most basic principle of materialism, "matter determines consciousness". With the introduction of Chinese culture into the Special Administrative Region (SEZs) such as semiconductor radios, televisions, video recorders, and tapes from video players, people absolutely cannot avoid the tremendous influence and spread of Chinese culture, thus affecting the change of the original concepts in people's minds here.

There is only one Russian-language TV program here, but the ratings are not very high, except for showing some old Soviet films, there are Russian-language advertisements for Chinese goods, and the most popular on this channel is the deputy director of the West Siberian SAR TV station in "Tang costume", Khrushchev's eldest daughter Lada, who used to work in the Soviet magazine "Science and Life". Niki Jicina hosted a TV show that promoted the Chinese way of life, in which she explained with great interest how to make Chinese food and how to taste Chinese tea, and what is even more ridiculous is that in the program, she also introduced in detail how to use Chinese chopsticks, and the use of chopsticks can develop intelligence and many other benefits. There is also some allusions about Chinese history, Chinese idioms, and an introduction to China's economic construction and famous mountains and rivers.

The rest of the channels, 80 percent of which are all Chinese, carry Chinese cultural genes that spread like a plague here, infecting everyone here. People here regard eating Chinese food as a fashion, and there is a tendency to form a habit, there are many Chinese fast food such as dumplings, steamed buns, steamed buns in the supermarket, and various flavors of Chinese instant noodles are a must-have food for every family here, which is very in line with the fast-paced work and lifestyle here.

People here see a meal at a Chinese colleague's house as a bragging concern. What kind of food is eaten, what kind of wine is drunk, how advanced the household appliances are at the home of Chinese colleagues, etc. People are superficial to this extent, which really makes people feel "dizzy". But when he attended a Chinese family banquet, he became as superficial as others. After all, people who can get out of the world are in the minority.

People of all ages here are proud to wear Chinese brand-name clothes, wear brand-name shoes, and carry Chinese bags. This is especially true for young people. College students use almost all of the income they earn from odd jobs to equip these "famous brands". What a sad generation. When he was sparsely dropped by his colleagues a few times, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet to buy a Yanjing "Blue Sky" brand suit, and he felt different immediately. The waist is also straightened, and the spirit is also refreshed. Although this is my own spiritual effect, the eyes of others have indeed changed. Designer clothes do give me more confidence.

Even the wedding celebrations of the Soviet youth here imitate the Chinese, find a "celebration company" run by the Chinese, and set up a few tables of banquets in Chinese hotels, and receive some "red envelopes" from relatives and friends. The bride also wears a Chinese red cheongsam or "Tang costume" that represents festivity, and the new house is pasted with the big red double happiness character of mandarin ducks playing in the water. And record the whole process. It is said to be "the most precious experience of life, dedicated to the memories of the future".

There is also a selection of 300 Chinese golden songs that people here listen to, singing "You have to ask me how much I love you, the moon represents my heart" messy and glamour Chinese songs, which have no art at all.

Art! What is art, art is like a bitch, whoever has money will follow whomever he has the power. Whoever she goes with is art.

Professor Kimirovsky lamented that the phenomenon of China's powerful "spiritual civilization" parasitic on China's strong "material civilization" is irresistible. Unless you think lice are too much and burn the padded jacket. Otherwise, the occupation of this culture is inevitable. It is an irresistible historical trend that Chinese culture has become the dominant culture of the West Siberian Special Administrative Region.

(To be continued)