Chapter 157: "Little China"
Originally, Shakru thought that it was a very coincidence that he could meet a foreigner like Toktakhonov, who resembled Chinese, but he did not expect that this time he actually met such a guy again. On this day, as soon as he walked into the office, the little secretary Pu Liyuan came in and reported: "Boss, it seems that a Chinese has come to you." ”
Shakru was immediately amused by Pride's confused words: "What is called seems to be Chinese, that is, yes, no, since you can't figure it out, then you can ask him." ”
Priss replied distressedly: "I asked, and he said that he was Indian, but no matter how I looked at it, I felt that he seemed to be similar to the Chinese who often came in the previous paragraph." The Chinese who often came to Changchun Pharmaceutical Factory in the previous paragraph referred to by Priyuan were the leaders and family members of Changchun Pharmaceutical Factory.
Although he didn't understand what Pri wanted to express, Shakru still smiled and said: "Forget it, you let him in, I will personally screen to see if he is Chinese." ”
Within a few minutes, Shakru saw a middle-aged man with yellow skin, black hair, and a suit and leather shoes walking in, although this guy really looked very much like Chinese, but Shakru judged at a glance that he was definitely not Chinese, not even Japanese and Korean, so he quipped: "You are Mr. Olam, it seems that my secretary is right, you really look like Chinese." ”
Oram replied with a wry smile: "It's okay, I'm used to this kind of misunderstanding, and people often mistake me for Chinese, but in fact I'm from Manipur." ”
Hearing this answer, Shakru suddenly realized that this guy was from Manipur, so it was no wonder that he looked so much like Chinese. Speaking of which, in his previous life, although Shakru knew the names of big cities in India such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Kolkata, if you talk about the names of Indian states. Then he is most familiar with this inconspicuous Manipur, because of several posts that went viral on the Internet in 2014, "Manipur: A New China in India", "India's Manipur and Assam intend to secede from India and join China", "Manipur, which has the most serious independence tendencies in India, has a relationship with China", and "Manipur, the same descendant of the dragon, Manipur's heart is to China". (Posts like this are still searchable on Baidu.) )
At the beginning, Shakru was also confused by the content in the post, and the heart of Great China was surging, especially the "six-star red flag" displayed in the post, Chinese restaurants everywhere, pirated disc stalls of Chinese pop songs and film and television dramas, the totems of dragons everywhere and the Manipur beauties that completely conform to the aesthetic views of the Chinese, which made Shaklu, who was still a little impulsive at the time, almost shout "Support the independence of Manipur, and can't let the descendants of the dragon beyond the mountains and rivers chill!" Such an unreliable slogan.
Wait until you have crossed over. Shakru really took a lot of time to study this Manipur state carefully, and it turned out that the truth was not like that at all, and almost all of the posts were foolish.
Manipur's northeastern part of India is connected to the main body of the Indian subcontinent by only a slender Siliguri corridor, and at its narrowest point is only 20 kilometers, one can imagine how fragile his connection with the main body of India is.
In fact, Manipur has always been an independent state in the past, with a history of 2,000 years, similar to the situation of Nepal, and has nothing to do with India, and has never been occupied or ruled by India. Of course, it has never been occupied or ruled by China. It wasn't until the British occupied India that they found an excuse to annex Manipur, and when the British army withdrew from India, they also gave Manipur to the most obedient younger brother - India, so Manipur joined India, which shows that Manipur's relationship with India can be good, and it is normal for him to be disobedient and unwilling to be ruled by India.
If only the Indian government could get the Manipuris in good hands. There may be a glimmer of merger, but in 1958 the Indian government issued a very strong law. That is the Repression Act or Anti-Terrorism Act, AFSPA (ArmedForcesSpecialPowersAct-REPRESSIVELAW). Unfortunately, Manipur was designated as a riot area on 8 September 1980 and has been under the control of the AFSPA ever since. (There are several states that are included in the AFSPA control, and the guys who tried to kidnap Shakru are also from the controlled areas)
Why is it regulated, it goes back to a very brave guerrilla of the independence movement of the Naga (naga: the god of water in Hindu mythology, which symbolizes security and prosperity, and also means cobra). In short, the guerrillas of the Naga independence movement had a large force in Manipur and supported the armed resistance of their own state, the Nagaland Independence Movement, and in 1949 the Manipur people rebelled and joined India, so Manipur was controlled.
Under the control of AFSPA, from 1980 to 1990. Important Manipur independence activists or anti-India activists have been "disappeared" one after another (according to the HRW report in the United States), and the frequent rapes by the Indian army in Manipur have aroused extreme hatred among local women! According to incomplete statistics, as of 2008, more than 30,000 civilians have died in clashes with the Indian army. Under these circumstances, it is only natural that Manipur would want independence from India.
Returning to the connection with China, the Manipuris are indeed yellow and have a different skin color and appearance from the Indians; It is true that the dragon totem is worshipped; Linguistically, it does not bear any resemblance to the Indo-language family, and belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family; In terms of eating habits, it is not as spicey and spicy as the Indians, but rice is the main food, which likes to be light and easy to steam, which is somewhat similar to the taste of Yunnan. But it cannot be said that they are Chinese, in fact, it is more accurate to say that they should be Burmese (Burmese and Burmese are not the same concept), especially in the dragon totem, in fact, the worship of the dragon totem by Tibeto-Burmese people is far beyond that of North China, everyone should understand by looking at the flag of Bhutan.
As for why the Manipuris do not refute this rumor, it may be that they themselves know that it is difficult to achieve independence on their own, and it is better to use China's power to put pressure on India, and perhaps there is still a glimmer of possibility. (To be continued.) )