Putin counterattacks the hard-to-return America by Shui Binghe 普京逆襲積重難返的美國 作者：水秉和 5/28/2022

Foreword : This article is put forward after sorting out some thoughts I wrote about the Russian-Ukrainian war in the past six months. It is somewhat repetitive, but it is relatively complete, and some new observations have been added. I pointed out in particular that the Russian-Ukrainian war was a war in which almost all the white nations of the world participated, including the permanently neutral Switzerland and Sweden. This is cannibalism between them, no more slaughter, looting of non-white nations. This is important because in addition to causing the destruction of Ukraine, it will inevitably consume and weaken the national power of Europe, Russia and the United States, and European consumption is likely to be difficult to restore. Attrition in Russia and the United States will also see them gradually fall behind the Asian powers. This is a five-hundred-year change, no trivial matter.

At the same time, the national strength of China and India, which are not involved in the war, will move forward. Because of its refusal to sanction Russia, India bought Russian oil at a price of $30 a barrel cheaper than the market price, and vigorously developed its economy, so that it can not only recover from the disaster of the new crown pneumonia, but also grow faster than China. What about China? Not only will it benefit from the massive acceptance of resources that Russia cannot sell to Europe, but also the huge Russian consumer market that has been abandoned by Europe and the United States.

Europeans have many advantages, but their history tells us that they fought very cruelly, and they did not know how to stop. Diffusion, the vitality is lost, so I have to stop. From the Crusades against Islam in the eleventh century, to the endless Hundred Years War, Eighty Years War and Thirty Years War between Catholics and Protestants, as well as the first and second world wars in modern times. This Russian-Ukrainian war may not escape the same fate. That is to say, after controlling the fate of the world for 500 years, white people are likely to voluntarily withdraw from the position of leading the world.

An interesting question is: will they suddenly become conscious, alert, and awakened, and then pull back from the precipice and shake hands to make peace?

This seems to be a capability they sorely lack.

For China and India, as well as other developing countries, this is a very rare period of strategic opportunity, especially for China, if it can grasp the opportunity well, then the future should be quite bright.

America has many unsolved problems

Many old and Chinese people have a special love for the United States, and believe that no matter what the United States does, it is, or the vast majority are, right; at the same time, they believe that the United States is strong and sustainable, and it is a treasure land where we and our descendants can live and live. . This used to be my belief too. More and more, however, I feel that the United States has a number of big, unresolved problems that undermine my original belief in it. For example, the struggle between gun owners and those who prohibit guns: Because of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which allows people to own guns, and it is extremely difficult to amend the Constitution, gun prohibition is a long-term unsolved problem, and shooting cases continue to increase . In addition, the battle between those who believe life begins in the embryo and supporters of legalized abortion involves religious beliefs, and the Supreme Court’s impending overturn of its historic early decision to allow abortion will create further divisions in the United States .

Others, such as the racial issue between black and white, involve the history of slavery; the immigration issue involves the fate of the hundreds of thousands of people of color waiting to enter the southern border; the 30 trillion national debt, and the impending stagflation, involve …Etc., etc. For too long, as the rivalry between the two parties has grown sharper, these issues will only continue to ossify with no prospect of resolution.

A more fundamental problem exists in parallel with these difficult problems, that is, the United States has transformed from the largest manufacturing country to a post-industrial country, with manufacturing accounting for less than 20% of US GDP. Its current economic dependence has been transferred to financial operations, consumption, medical, military-industrial enterprises, as well as high-tech product innovation, design and high-end product manufacturing. Among them, financial hegemony supported by military hegemony, including the control of SWIFT, the settlement mechanism of international trade, has always been the means by which the United States can sanction and suppress other countries. All of this is now in crisis, because….

Biden’s involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian war

The Russian-Ukrainian war has had an even worse effect on the above-mentioned difficult problems. Although it is not as intricate and deep-rooted as the above problems, its influence is more immediate, and its subversion is imminent. This is directly related to Biden’s use of financial sanctions as a weapon against Putin. In this regard, we might as well start from 2014.

There was a mass movement in Ukraine in 2014, and a coup d’état was triggered by the mass movement. The reason why the peaceful mass movement turned into a violent conflict is because of the intervention of external forces, that is, the color revolution led by the United States, the purpose of which is to drive out the legally elected pro-Russian government and replace it with a pro-American government. The coup succeeded, and Putin fought back, taking Crimea.

Subsequently, in 2015, under the coordination of Germany and France (without the participation of the United States), Russia and Ukraine signed the Minsk Agreement, in which the Ukrainian side promised to respect the two states in eastern Ukraine – Luhansk and Donetsk – autonomy. However, Ukraine’s pro-U.S. government subsequently refused to implement the agreement, leaving the two eastern states, mainly of Russian descent, under constant attack by the Ukrainian army, shrinking the territory, and the local war is estimated to have killed about 14,000 people in the eastern region. The reason Putin attacked Ukraine in the name of a special military operation was to protect the residents of these two states, which was the most direct trigger of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Neoconservatism

I have pointed out that the coup in Ukraine was a task that Vice President Biden personally took charge of, following orders from President Obama. In his 2017 autobiography “Promise Me, Dad”, he mentioned his active involvement in Ukraine’s affairs (of course he did not say that he led the coup). Biden therefore has deep ties with Ukraine. Victoria Nuland, the then assistant secretary of state for European affairs, was an American official directly involved in the Square Movement, and Nuland’s husband was a think tank boss named Robert Kagan, who was called Newland. The Godfather of Conservatism. The boss is the national teacher of Bush’s team through Vice President Chaney, Secretary of Defense Rosefield and a group of other believers in the Department of Defense, State Department and think tanks, including his wife Newland, and Hillary and now. Biden, who established the neoconservative policy that the United States has implemented since 2001.

The neo-conservative policy, simply put, is that the United States should take advantage of being the only superpower after the victory of the Cold War, using force, such as in Afghanistan and Iraq, or using mass movements, commonly called color revolutions, such as in Libya, Syria, Georgia, Ukraine, etc., to overthrow non-democratic regimes in the world and promote their democratization and pro-beautification. The eastward expansion of NATO is a major element of neoconservatism.

It is precisely because Biden is in charge of Ukraine’s democratic transition and pro-American transition that Ukraine is very important to him personally and even to his son Hunter, who later made a lot of money in Ukraine. That is to say, the fundamental reason for the Russian-Ukrainian war is that it is supported by neoconservative theories behind it, coupled with Biden’s personal sense of mission, so it is destined to be an unavoidable war.

The evil that Trump and Biden planted

In 2016, Trump unexpectedly defeated Hillary Clinton and entered the White House. After he came to power, he planted several more causes. First, he withdrew from the Iran nuclear ban agreement; second, he fought a trade war with China; third, he tried to subvert the legitimately elected government of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, but he failed, but he admitted the opposition. The leader, Juan Guaido, is the country’s legitimate president.

In 2020, Biden defeated Trump to become the 46th President of the United States. During his campaign, he began to criticize Saudi Arabia’s involvement in Yemen’s civil war, despite the U.S. tradition of close ties with Saudi Arabia since Kissinger. And, because the Saudi crown prince (allegedly) sent a killer to Turkey to kill, dismember and dismember Jamal Khashoggi, an American media personality of Saudi nationality, inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey, Biden said, the Saudi government It is a “barbaric government” (pariah state). He was on the moral high ground, but he angered Crown Prince Mohammed.

Saudi Arabia is definitely the leader of the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, and Biden, because of his firm belief in American values, did not hesitate to insult Saudi Arabia, who is likely to be the leader of the next half century, even though Saudi Arabia is an important ally of the United States in the Middle East. The cornerstone of the petrodollar. He has been in the American diplomatic circle for decades to do such a stupid thing, we don’t know what he thinks.

Biden: America is not as strong as you think

When a burly man is strutting down the street, he won’t make way for other passersby – he trusts others to let him. A person who is accustomed to being the boss will naturally believe that as long as he shouts from the top, other people will respond positively, either in fear of his prestige or in order to please him. If such a boss offends someone, he doesn’t care, because when he appeals to someone he offends, he still thinks that person should support him. This is the mentality of the strongman, and it is also the posture of Biden. After he came to power, he claimed: the United States is back, and clearly declared that the opponents of the United States are Russia and China, and he will unite allies to compete and confront these two countries. His self-confidence is amazing. The Jews have a proper term to describe this kind of self-confidence, called chutzpah (the Chinese may be translated as arrogant and thick-skinned).

Looking back, everyone will find that Nixon was not so arrogant. In order to fight the Cold War with the Soviet Union, he accepted Kissinger’s suggestion and united China to control the Soviet Union. Carter was not so arrogant either. He accepted Bresinsky’s suggestion and united with bin Laden’s al-Qaeda, China, Iran, Pakistan and other countries to drive the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan, which became an important factor leading to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Please note that these are countries and organizations that are outside of NATO allies and are not friendly or even hostile to the United States in the first place. Now, Biden is different. He wants to start with strength and deal with the two nuclear powers, China and Russia, at the same time. Not only that, but he also put on a lofty attitude towards countries other than NATO, Japan, South Korea and other allies! It means, you must follow me obediently, or I will punish you! You say, is this too arrogant?

As soon as Biden came up, he said that during his tenure, the task of the United States was to confront and compete with China and Russia. This was his most fundamental strategic mistake. Not only did he make this strategic mistake, he also rejected many countries that were originally on the side of the United States.

Ukraine War: The Graveyard of Hegemony

In 2008, at the NATO summit, the issue of Ukraine and Georgia joining NATO was raised again. The United States strongly supported it, but it was opposed by Germany and France. Therefore, the then NATO Secretary General The compromise is that the two countries become candidate NATO members and will eventually join in the future.

During his tenure as vice president, Biden firmly supported Ukraine’s entry into NATO. After becoming president, he naturally pushed hard for it. It can be seen that, in his strategic vision, Ukraine is the front line of his ideological struggle—the struggle between democracy and authoritarian politics—a direct challenge to Putin’s red line and a focus for crushing Russia. Beginning in October last year, Putin assembled a large number of troops on the border of Ukraine, and then in mid-December submitted a note to NATO not to allow Ukraine to join NATO, requesting an answer as soon as possible. Biden did not hesitate to reject Putin’s request.

Many people say that Putin’s attack on Ukraine is in Biden’s favor, saying that Putin fell into Biden’s trap, because Biden wants to use Putin’s aggression and the turmoil in Europe to return the dollar and solve the serious inflation and high debt in the United States. difficulty. However, the most realistic statement should be that Biden is too aggressive, and extremes will reverse. There is a good term in English called blowback. You can say that Putin fell into Biden’s trap, or that Putin has already planned to launch a counterattack against NATO’s eastward expansion. In short, the Russian-Ukrainian war started on February 24. There is no turning back when the bow is opened, and the world pattern will change from now on.

Biden clearly overestimated the influence of the United States and underestimated his opponents. He did not expect that most of the world’s 88% of the population did not follow him, but instead participated in Putin’s counterattack – albeit passively.

This is a bad cause, and the bad result is that

Biden is not willing to fight a nuclear war with Russia. Therefore, when Putin launched a special military operation against Ukraine, he used extreme financial sanctions as a countermeasure. This extreme sanction also hurts the vast majority of countries in the world, forcing them to pay the price. It seems that Biden simply fails to consider a fundamental question: Will these countries be willing to pay such a price for a power struggle among white people?

Just imagine, if Putin does not have Xi Jinping behind him now, will he still be able to resist Biden’s extreme financial sanctions while fighting the Russian-Ukrainian war? of course not. So, may I ask why, after Biden took office, he clearly knew that Trump’s trade war with China was a failure, because the burden on the United States was 90%, and the burden on China was less than 10%, and the trade war aggravated the inflation pressure in the United States. Why hasn’t Trump’s increased tariffs on China been lifted to improve relations with China?

Not only did he not cancel the tariffs, he continued to increase the price! Because he wants to challenge Russia and China at the same time! This is really insane. this is one.

Second, Obama spent his best efforts to unite European allies and China and Russia to reach a nuclear ban agreement with Iran. As the second-in-command of Obama’s team, this is also his achievement. But Trump abolished it! So, after Biden takes office, shouldn’t he immediately slap Trump in the face and rejoin the agreement immediately? However, he didn’t. He also wanted to reap some benefits from Iran. The results of it? Iran ignored it and instead signed a 25-year long-term cooperation agreement with China.

After the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out, Biden suddenly found that even his European allies would not stop buying Russian oil and gas. You know, cutting off Russia’s overseas financial resources is the key to the success of the sanctions. But, even for European countries, the United States cannot dissuade them from sending money to Russia! In other words, the sanctions are actually in the hands of their own people! This is another example of reckless behavior after Biden took office, and it is also a deadly example. At this time, he began to look around for alternative energy producers to Russia, and he thought of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. Unfortunately, he and Trump have all these countries offended. Naturally, these countries have closed the door for Biden!

Why didn’t he think that if he wanted to sanction Russia, he should win over oil-producing countries early on? Biden seems to think that all he has to do is win over the white world, his European and Asian allies, to defeat Putin. He does not need countries with different skin colors, countries with different religious beliefs, and countries with different political systems to sanction Russia with him. Does he think that these countries will automatically follow up? Too much wishful thinking! This is three.

The most interesting is Venezuela. The United States sent its deputy secretary of state to negotiate with Maduro about buying oil from Venezuela. However, the United States does not even recognize the Maduro government, so how can we start? The United States must first give up recognizing the non-existent Guaido government, then re-recognize Maduro’s government, and lift all sanctions on Maduro’s government before Venezuela can increase oil production. In other words, the United States is stuck with its own past hegemony.

It is worth noting, and extremely important, that almost all countries of color, including regional powers such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and South Africa, refuse to sanction Russia. We can clearly see that the vast world, once enslaved, colonized and exploited by the West, does not support Biden’s sanctions. Although they do not actively support Russia, their passive resistance to sanctions is not trivial. Whether they are consciously protesting against the violence against them in the West for five hundred years, or whether they are just taking advantage of the self-killing among white people to protect themselves and benefit from it, we have no idea. In short, they passively participated in Putin’s counterattack.

Protracted war = war of attrition

Although the Western media is still whitewashing the peace, as if Russia has been miserable under sanctions, Biden and his team know that his ultimate sanctions have failed. When Putin’s ruble settlement order was issued, the value of the ruble retraced, the EU was in conflict, and some countries began to use the ruble to buy natural gas, and the sanctions collapsed. Sanctions are ineffective when several major oil-producing countries refuse to increase production. When China’s UnionPay credit cards replaced VISA and MASTER cards, the sanctions became self-harm. When the vast majority of non-white countries do not sanction Russia, sanctions are doomed to fail.

Sanctions failed, what to do? Biden hurriedly increased aid to Ukraine, hoping that Ukraine would defeat Russia on the battlefield, so he joined NATO countries to greatly expand military aid to Ukraine.

With a large amount of aid, Zelensky’s tone has also changed. He is no longer seeking peace, and he wants to recover the lost ground. So, from May, the protracted war began.

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet, and there is no consensus, but most of them believe that Russia wants a quick solution, and the United States wants to fight a protracted war, so that Russia will be mired in the mire and give it a second Afghanistan. However, there is an argument on the Internet that does not think so. The name of the argument cannot be examined, but it is quite insightful. I will introduce it as follows.

Putin’s plan, it said, was to fight a protracted war by crippling Ukraine and putting Europe and the United States in charge of the lives of Ukraine’s internally displaced people and the five million refugees in exile in Europe, while maintaining Ukrainian society as a whole. (Zelensky’s price is $600 billion a year; the IMF estimates that the Ukrainian government needs $5 billion a month to function properly), plus an endless supply of arms that are constantly being depleted on the battlefield , which is a very heavy burden. One or two months is fine, but in one, two years or more, Europe will inevitably be overwhelmed and fall into a quagmire deeper and bigger than Russia. Don’t just listen to the US media’s propaganda about how the EU is united. NATO continues to expand. Over time, when the general public starts to protest collectively, the upper-level elites in Europe will also have infighting and split with the United States. Only by completely depleting the EU to negative growth, and until NATO is divided, can Putin achieve the goal of overthrowing the US hegemony.

Russia is a country with large resources. It can be self-sufficient in food and energy, and other consumer goods in life can be supplied by China, India, Turkey and other countries. On May 13, Putin held a video conference in Moscow. He announced that Russia produced 130 million tons of grain, a record, with a budget surplus of 2.6 trillion rubles (about 37.1 billion U.S. dollars), and foreign trade revenue increased significantly. While sanctions will certainly hurt Russia’s economy, in three years or more, it will be Europe that will be ruined by a protracted war. Russia’s economy is strong enough to support it for several years of war – it can support the division of the European Union and the collapse of NATO.

All Putin needs to do is to continue to crippling Ukraine and make European countries fall into a bottomless pit of consumption. History tells us that Europeans have always fought to the point of exhaustion, because they only overweight and don’t know how to stop.

Counterattack the United States

As mentioned above, Putin has launched a counterattack against the United States, and he has received passive support from the vast majority of countries of color. These countries, because they need to import products such as energy, food and fertilizers from Russia, should be willing to join a settlement system that Russia is discussing through the Eurasian Economic Union dominated by it and the SCO countries dominated by China to establish a settlement system that is completely independent of SWIFT. It is entirely possible for this system to be joined by oil-producing countries in the Middle East and ten ASEAN countries, and possibly all or most of the more than 130 countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. In this way, the influence of SWIFT will be cut in half, and the ability of the United States to sanction countries will also be greatly reduced.

What Biden did not expect was that in the white world, although he isolated Russia, the wider world, behind Russia, China, India, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and other countries, launched a counterattack against the United States and the dollar system.

The EU has 27 member states and NATO has 30 member states. They each have their own interests and historical grievances. Once the Russian-Ukrainian war drags on for two or three years, they will continue to endure Zelensky’s inaction. Endless demands and accusations? Can they still be united under the American baton? Especially after Biden himself said goodbye to the White House? Therefore, when Russia can survive, the split of Europe will be a high probability.

Europe collapsed and America became an island. Don’t forget that at home, the United States is facing many difficult problems, and the Republican Party will inevitably launch a counterattack against the Democratic Party on these problems. International counterattacks, coupled with domestic counterattacks, the collapse of the US hegemony should also be a high probability.

Therefore, if a nuclear war does not break out, when the white world is killing each other, the Asian powers will usher in a period of huge strategic opportunity. If we can make good use of it, then the new world order will beckon us. It can be guessed that the most important thing for Asian powers to do is to ensure that Russia’s economy will not collapse before NATO splits. This is of course also for self-preservation, because if NATO is not dissolved, it will flood Asia like a flood. This is absolutely unwilling to see in Asia.

普京逆襲積重難返的美國 作者：水秉和 5/22/22

這一篇文章是把我半年來寫的關於俄烏戰爭的一些想法整理之後提出的，有些重複，但比較完整，并且加了一些新的觀察。我曾特別指出，俄烏戰爭幾乎是全世界白人國家都參加的戰爭，包括永久中立國瑞士和瑞典。這是他們之間的自相殘殺，不再是屠殺，劫掠非白人國家。這很重要，因爲它除了導致烏克蘭的毀滅之外，必然會消耗和削弱歐洲，俄羅斯和美國的國力，歐洲的消耗很可能是難以恢復的。俄國和美國的消耗也將使它們逐漸落後於亞洲大國。這是五百年的變局，非同小可。

同時，沒有參與戰爭的中國和印度的國力將會向前邁進。由於拒絕制裁俄國，印度以每桶比市價便宜30美元的價格大買俄國石油，猛力發展經濟，使它不但能夠從新冠肺炎的災難中復原，并且增長率會高於中國。中國呢？不但受惠於大量接受俄國不能賣到歐洲的資源，并且還獲得被歐洲和美國摒棄的龐大俄國消費市場。

歐洲人擁有非常多的優點，但是，他們的歷史告訴我們，他們打起仗來非常殘酷，不懂得適可而止，每次都要打到屍橫遍野，孤兒寡婦四處流浪，農田荒蕪，飢餓與疫情四處擴散，元氣盡失，才不得不停手。從十一世紀開始對付伊斯蘭教的十字軍東征，到天主教與新教之間無休無止的百年戰爭，八十年戰爭和三十年戰爭，以至於近代的一戰，二戰，都是如此。這次的俄烏戰爭可能也難逃同樣的命運。也就是説，在掌控世界命運五百年之後，白人很可能要就此主動退出領導世界的地位了。

一個有意思的問題是：他們會不會突然產生自覺，警覺，驚醒，而懸崖勒馬，握手談和呢？

這似乎是他們非常缺乏的能力。

對中國與印度，以至於其他發展中國家而言，這是非常難得的戰略機遇期，尤其是中國，如果能好好掌握時機，那麽，前途應當相當光明。

美國有諸多無解的難題

許多老中對美國深情獨鍾，相信美國不論幹什麽事，都是，或者絕大多數都是，對的；同時相信，美國的强大是永續的，是我們和我們的後代可以安身立命的寶地。這也曾經是我的信念。不過，我越來越感覺到，美國有許多積重難返的大問題，使我原先對它的信念大打折扣。例如，擁槍者與禁槍者之間的鬥爭：由於有憲法修正案第二條規定，准許百姓擁有槍支，且修改憲法極其困難，所以禁槍是長期無解的問題，而槍殺案件不斷增加。此外，相信生命自胚胎開始的人與人工流產合法化支持者之間的鬥爭，牽涉到宗教信仰，而最高法院即將推翻它早年容許人工墮胎的歷史性決定，將會在美國製造更嚴重的分裂。

其他，如黑白之間的種族問題，牽涉到蓄奴歷史；移民問題，牽涉到南部邊境上等待入境的十幾萬有色人種的命運；30萬億的國債，與即將到來的滯脹，牽涉到…等等等等。長期以來，由於兩黨之間的對立越來越尖銳，這些問題衹會繼續僵化，沒有獲得解決的前景。

跟這些積重難返的問題平行存在的就是一個更根本的問題，那就是美國已經從最大的製造國轉變成後工業國，製造業在美國GDP的占比不到20%。它現在的經濟主要依靠的已經轉移到金融操作，消費，醫療，軍工企業，以及高科技產品的創新，設計和高端產品製造等。其中，在軍事霸權支持下的金融霸權，包括對國際貿易的結算機制的SWIFT的控制，一直是美國所以能制裁與壓制其他國家的手段。這一切，現在出現了危機，因爲….

拜登惹上了俄烏戰爭

俄烏戰爭對上述積重難返的各個問題更產生了雪上加霜的效果。雖然它沒有上述問題那麽盤根錯節，根深蒂固，可是其影響力卻更爲直接，而且它的顛覆性近在眉睫。這跟拜登以金融制裁爲武器來對付普京有直接關係。對此，我們不妨從2014年説起。

烏克蘭在2014年發生了群衆運動，并且由群衆運動引發了政變。和平的群衆運動之所以演變成暴力衝突，那是因爲有外力介入，也就是美國主導的顔色革命，其目的是把合法選出的親俄政府趕走，換上了親美的政府。政變成功了，普京反擊，奪取了克里米亞。

隨後，2015年，俄烏兩方在德法兩國的撮合下（沒有美國參與），簽訂了明斯克協議，其中烏方答應尊重烏克蘭東部兩州——盧甘斯克與頓涅斯克——的自主權。但是，烏克蘭的親美政府隨後拒絕落實這項協議，使主要是俄國人後裔居住的東部兩州不斷受到烏軍的襲擊，地盤縮小，據估計，局部戰爭導致東區約14，000人死亡。普京以特別軍事行動的名義進攻烏克蘭所持理由就是保護這兩州居民，這是俄烏戰爭最直接的導火綫。

新保守主義

我曾經指出，烏克蘭政變是副總統拜登，在接受了總統奧巴馬的命令後，親自負責執行的任務。在2017年的自傳《答應我，爸爸》一書中，他就提到積極參與烏克蘭事務的經過（當然沒有說他主導了政變）。拜登因此跟烏克蘭有深厚的關係。紐蘭（Victoria Nuland），當時主管歐洲事務的助理國務卿，是直接參與廣場運動的美國官員，而紐蘭的老公是一位名叫凱根（Robert Kagan）的智庫大佬，被人稱之爲新保守主義教父。這位大佬是小布什團隊的國師，他通過副總統錢尼，國防部長羅斯菲爾德和其他一批在國防部，國務院和智庫中的信徒，包括他的夫人紐蘭，和希拉莉以及現在的拜登，確立了美國自2001年以來實行的新保守主義政策。

新保守主義政策，簡單說，就是美國應當利用冷戰結束勝利後成爲唯一超强的優勢，利用武力，如在阿富汗和伊拉克，或者利用群衆運動，一般稱之爲顔色革命，如在利比亞，敘利亞，格魯吉亞，烏克蘭等國，推翻世界上非民主政權，促進它們的民主化和親美化。北約的東擴是新保守主義的一個主要内容。

正是因爲拜登負責烏克蘭的民主轉型和親美轉型，所以對他個人，甚至對後來在烏克蘭賺大錢的兒子亨特，烏克蘭都非常重要。也就是説，俄烏戰爭的根本原因是它背後有新保守主義理論的支持，加上拜登個人的使命感，所以它注定是一場無法避免的戰爭。

川普與拜登種下的惡因

2016年，川普意外地擊敗了希萊莉，進入白宮。他上臺後又種下了幾個因。第一，他退出了伊朗禁核協議；第二，他跟中國打貿易戰；第三，他試圖顛覆委内瑞拉合法選出的馬杜羅（Nicolas Maduro）政府，未遂，但是他卻徑自承認了反對派領袖瓜伊多(Juan Guaido)爲該國的合法總統。

2020年，拜登擊敗川普，成爲美國第四十六任總統。在他競選期間，他不顧美國自基辛格以來對沙特保持緊密關係的傳統，開始批評沙特介入也門内戰。并且，因爲沙特王儲（被指控）派遣殺手到土耳其，在沙特駐土耳其領事館内殺死，肢解并毀尸滅跡一名沙特籍的美國媒體人卡舒吉(Jamal Khashoggi)，拜登說，沙特政府是“野蠻政府”（pariah state）。他是站在道德高地，但是他因此惹怒了王儲默罕默德。

沙特絕對是中東產油國的老大，而拜登，由於對美國價值觀的堅定信仰，他毫不猶豫地侮辱了很可能是沙特今後半世紀的領袖，儘管沙特是美國在中東的重要盟邦，也是石油美元的基石。在美國外交界混了幾十年的他，會做出這麽愚蠢的事，我們不知道他到底是怎麽想的。

拜登：美國沒有你想象的那麽强大

當一名彪型大漢在街上大搖大擺地行走時，他是不會爲其他路人讓路的——他相信別人會讓他。一名習慣於做老大的人很自然地會相信，衹要他登高一呼，其他人等，或懼其威，或爲了討好他，都會積極響應。如果這種老大得罪了人，他也不在乎，因爲當他有求於他得罪的人時，他仍然認爲該人應當支持他。這就是强人的心態，也是拜登擺出的姿態。他上臺之後，聲稱：美國回來了，并明白宣告，美國的對手是俄羅斯和中國，他會聯合盟友與這兩國競爭和對抗。他的自信心可謂驚人。猶太人有一個形容這種自信心的專有名詞，稱之爲chutzpah（中文或許應譯爲狂妄加厚臉皮）。

回顧一下，大家就會發現，尼克森沒有這麽狂妄，爲了跟蘇聯打冷戰，他接受基辛格的建議，聯中制蘇。卡特也沒有這麽狂妄，他接受布列辛斯基的建議，聯合了本拉登的基地組織，中國，伊朗，巴基斯坦等國，合力把蘇聯趕出了阿富汗，成爲導致蘇聯解體的一個重要因素。請注意，這些都是在北約盟國之外的，并且本來跟美國并不友好，甚至敵對的國家和組織。現在，拜登不同。他要用實力出發，同時對付中俄兩個核子大國。不但如此，他還對北約，日本，韓國等盟國以外的國家，擺出了一付高高在上的姿態！意思是，你們必須乖乖地跟著我走，不然我就制裁你們！你説，這是不是太狂妄了？

拜登一上來就說，在他任内，美國的任務是跟中俄兩國對抗和競爭，這就是他最根本的戰略錯誤。他不但犯了這個戰略錯誤，他還排斥了許多本來跟美國站在一邊的國家。

烏克蘭戰爭：霸權的墳場

2008年，在北約的峰會上，烏克蘭與格魯吉亞兩國加入北約的議題又被提出，美國極力支持，可是遭到德法兩國的反對，因此，當時的北約秘書長的折衷提法是，這兩國成爲備選北約成員，日後終究會加入。

在他副總統任内，拜登就堅決支持烏克蘭加入北約。當了總統之後，他自然極力推動此事。可以看出，在他的戰略構想中，烏克蘭是他的意識形態鬥爭——民主與威權政治鬥爭——的前綫，是對普京的紅綫的直接挑戰，也是壓垮俄羅斯的著力點。去年10月開始，普京烏克蘭邊境集結大批軍隊，然後於12月中向北約提出了不准烏克蘭加入北約的照會，要求盡速作答。拜登毫不猶豫地拒絕了普京的要求。

許多人說，普京 進攻烏克蘭是正中拜登下懷，說是普京落入了拜登的圈套，因爲拜登想借普京的侵略和歐洲的動亂使美元回流，解決美國内部嚴重的通脹和高企的債務困難。可是，最現實的説法應當是，拜登逼人太甚，物極必反。英文有一個很好的名詞，叫作逆襲（blowback）。你可以說普京陷入拜登的圈套，也可以說普京早已計劃對北約的東擴發動逆襲。總之，俄烏戰爭於2月24日開打了。開弓沒有回頭箭，世界格局將從此改變。

拜登顯然高估了美國的影響力，低估了對手。他沒有想到，世界上占了88%的人口的大多數國家都沒有跟著他走，反而都參與了普京的逆襲——儘管是消極地參與。

種惡因，得惡果

拜登并不願意跟俄羅斯打核戰，所以，當普京發動了對烏克蘭的特別軍事行動之後，他采用極限金融制裁作爲對抗手段。這個極限制裁同時也傷害到世界上絕大多數國家，使它們被迫付出代價。拜登似乎根本沒有考慮到一個根本問題：這些國家會心甘情願地爲白人之間的權力鬥爭付出這樣的代價嗎？

試想，如果普京現在的背後沒有習近平，那麽，在進行俄烏戰爭的同時，他還有能力抵禦拜登的極限金融制裁嗎？當然沒有。那麽，請問，爲什麽拜登上臺之後，明明知道川普對中國的貿易戰是失敗的，因爲美國的負擔是90%，中國的負擔不到10%，并且貿易戰加重了美國的通脹壓力，他爲什麽沒有取消川普對中國增加的關稅，改善跟中國的關係？

他不但沒有取消關稅，他還繼續加碼！因爲他要同時挑戰俄羅斯和中國！這實在很狂妄。這是一。

第二，奧巴馬花了九牛二虎之力，聯合了歐洲盟友和中俄兩國，跟伊朗達成了禁核協議。作爲奧巴馬團隊的二把手，這也是他的政績。可是，川普把它廢了！那麽，拜登上臺之後，難道不應當立刻打臉川普，立刻重新加入協議嗎？但是，他沒有。他還想從伊朗哪多撈一些好處。結果呢？伊朗不予理會，反而跟中國簽訂了25年的長期合作協議。

俄烏戰爭爆發後，拜登突然發現，連他的歐洲盟友都不肯停止購買俄羅斯的石油與天然氣。要知道，切斷俄國的海外財源是制裁成功的關鍵。但是，甚至對歐洲各國， 美國都無法勸阻它們向俄國送錢！也就是説，制裁實際上栽在自己人手裏！這是拜登上臺之後做事莽撞的又一個例子，也是致命的例子。這時候，他開始四處尋找替代俄國的能源生產國，他想到了伊朗，沙特，委内瑞拉。不幸的是，他和川普把這些國家得罪光了。很自然的，這些國家都給拜登喫了閉門羹!

爲什麽他沒有想到，如果要制裁俄羅斯，他一早就應當拉攏產油國呢？拜登似乎以爲，他衹需要拉攏白人世界，他的歐洲和亞洲的盟友，就足以打敗普京了。他不需要膚色不同的國家，宗教信仰不同的國家，政治制度不同的國家，跟他一起制裁俄羅斯。難道他認爲，這些國家會自動跟進？未免太一廂情願了吧！這是三。

最有意思的就是委内瑞拉了。美國派遣了副國務卿去跟馬杜羅談判，討論向委購買石油。可是，美國連馬杜羅政府都不承認，從何談起呢？美國必須先放棄承認根本不存在的瓜伊多政府，然後重新承認馬杜羅政府，并且取消對馬杜羅政府的所有制裁，委内瑞拉才肯增產石油。也就是説，美國被自己過去的霸道行爲卡死了。

值得注意的是，也極端重要的是：幾乎所有有色人種國家，包括墨西哥，巴西，阿根廷，土耳其，伊朗，沙特，埃及，印度，印尼，馬來西亞，越南以及南非等區域大國，都不肯制裁俄羅斯。我們清楚看到，曾經被西方奴役，殖民，剝削的廣大世界，都不支持拜登的制裁。雖然它們不主動支持俄羅斯，但是它們消極抵制制裁的威力非同小可。到底它們是有意識地抗議西方五百年來對它們的暴力行爲，還是僅僅趁白人之間的自我殘殺保護自己，從中獲益，我們不得而。總之，它們消極地參加了普京發動的逆襲。

持久戰=消耗戰

儘管西方媒體還在粉飾太平，好像俄羅斯已經被制裁地苦不堪言了，可是，拜登和他的團隊知道，他的極限制裁已經失敗了。當普京的盧布結算令一下，盧布價值回調，歐盟内訌，有些國家開始用盧布買天然氣，制裁就崩了。當幾個產油大國都不肯增加產量，制裁就失效了。當中國的銀聯信用卡取代了VISA和MASTER 卡，制裁就變成了自殘。當絕大多數的非白人國家都不制裁俄羅斯，制裁就注定失敗了。

制裁失敗了，怎麽辦？拜登急急忙忙增加對烏克蘭的援助，寄望於烏克蘭在戰場上戰勝俄國，於是，他聯合北約諸國，大幅度擴大對烏克蘭的軍事援助。

有了大批援助，澤連斯基的口氣也變了，他不再求和，他要收回失土。於是乎，從5月開始，持久戰開打了。

網上議論紛紛，莫衷一是，但是大部分都認爲，俄國想要速戰速決，而美國想打持久戰，讓俄國陷入泥潭，給它第二個阿富汗。但是，網上有一個論點不認爲如此，論者的姓名無從考察，但是頗有見地，兹介紹如下。

它說，普京的計劃就是打持久戰，他要把烏克蘭打殘，讓歐洲和美國負責烏克蘭在其國内流離失所的人民和流亡在歐洲的五百萬難民的生活，同時還要維持烏克蘭整個社會的正常運作( 澤連斯基提出的價碼是一年6000億美元；國際貨幣基金會估計，烏克蘭政府的正常運作每月需要50億美元)，加上無止境地提供戰場上不斷消耗掉的軍火，這是非常沉重的負擔。一，兩個月可以，可是一，兩年或者更久的話，歐洲必然不勝負荷，掉進了比俄國更深更大的泥潭。不要光聽美國媒體宣傳歐盟如何如何團結，北約繼續擴大，時間一長，在一般民衆不勝負荷而開始集體抗議時，歐洲的上層精英也會鬧内訌，并且也會跟美國鬧分裂。衹有把歐盟徹底消耗到負增長，直到北約内部鬧分裂，普京才能夠達到推倒美國霸權的目的。

俄國是資源大國，糧食，能源等可以自給自足，生活上的其他消費品可以得到中國，印度，土耳其等國的供應。5月13日，普京在莫斯科舉行了視頻會議，他宣佈，俄羅斯生產了1.3億噸糧食，創歷史記錄，預算盈餘2.6兆盧布（約合371億美元），外貿收入大增。雖然制裁肯定會對俄羅斯的經濟造成傷害，可是，弄個三年或更久，被持久戰搞崩的將是歐洲。俄國經濟足以支撐它進行好幾年的戰爭——它能夠支持到歐盟的分裂和北約的崩潰。

普京需要做的就是繼續打殘烏克蘭，讓歐洲各國陷入消耗的無底洞。歷史告訴我們，歐洲人打仗從來就是要打到筋疲力盡的，因爲他們衹會加碼，不知道如何收手。

逆襲美國

如上述，普京向美國發動了逆襲，他并且得到絕大多數有色人種國家的消極支持。這些國家，由於需要進口俄國的能源，糧食與化肥等產品，應該會樂意加入俄國通過它主導的歐亞經濟聯盟和中國主導的上合組織國家正在討論建立的一個完全獨立於SWIFT的結算系統。這個系統完全有可能獲得中東產油國和東盟十國的加入，并且可能得到所有或大多數參加一帶一路的130多個國家的加入。如此，SWIFT的影響力將被腰斬，美國以此制裁各國的能力也會大幅度縮小。

拜登沒有想到的是，在白人世界，他雖然孤立了俄國，但是，廣大世界卻在俄國，中國，印度，沙特巴西等國的後面，對美國和美元體系發動了逆襲。

歐盟有27個成員國，北約有30個成員國，它們各有各的利益，各有各的歷史恩怨，俄烏戰爭一旦拖上個兩，三年，它們還肯繼續忍受澤連斯基無止境的需索和苛責嗎？它們還能團結在美國的指揮棒下嗎？尤其是，拜登自己都向白宮說再見之後？所以，在俄羅斯還能夠撐下去的時候，歐洲分裂將是大概率的事。

歐洲崩塌了，美國就變成了一個孤島。不要忘記，在國内，美國正面對著積重難返的諸多問題，共和黨也必然會就這些問題向民主黨發動逆襲。國際上的逆襲，加上國内的逆襲，美國的霸權崩塌應當也是大概率的事。

所以説，如果不爆發核戰，在這個白人世界自相殘殺的時候，亞洲大國迎來了巨大的戰略機遇期。如果能夠善加利用，那麽，新的世界秩序就會向我們招手了。可以猜想，亞洲大國最需要做的一件事，無他，就是悶聲不響地用實際行動保證，在北約分裂之前，俄國的經濟不會崩盤。這當然也是爲了自保，因爲，如果北約不解散，它就會像洪水汎濫一般，侵入亞洲。這是亞洲絕對不願意看到的。

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HK China Hawaii Chamber of Commerce is in full support – SCMP: Hong Kong must move to a ‘zero’ (no quarantine) policy for travelers. 香港中國夏威夷商會百份百支持 – 南華早報：城市必須對旅行者實行“零”（無隔離）政策 By Bernard Chan (香港玫瑰崗學校校友fellow RHS alumni)

Twenty-one, 14, seven, 3+4, 0+3. This is not some strange derivative of a reverse Fibonacci sequence. Sadly, most Hong Kong residents probably know what these numbers mean – the dreaded number of hotel quarantine days upon arrival in the city.

There has been much speculation about when Hong Kong will implement a “0+0” entry policy, but this was not announced in Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address. But what is “0+0”? It has yet to be defined.

To many, it means no hotel quarantine and the ability to go to restaurants immediately but with testing on arrival to screen for positive cases. These cases would likely receive a red code and be unable to go to office or visit restaurants and bars. It is up for debate whether the “+0” part includes medical surveillance or not.

While I applaud the current administration for its relatively rapid progression to no hotel quarantine for travellers, I am of the opinion that at this stage of the pandemic, we need to move to a full and unqualified “zero” policy. By this I mean no quarantine, no medical surveillance and, importantly, no testing.

Even the “0+0” with testing will appeal only to Hongkongers and those who have family or friends in Hong Kong they wish to visit. It won’t attract most tourists and businesspeople as they would run the risk of testing positive for Covid-19 and being unable to enter offices and restaurants. People already avoid Hong Kong because of the threat of confinement to the infamous Penny’s Bay, whether real or imagined.

As has been widely reported, our restrictive anti-pandemic measures have resulted in an exodus of both firms and talent. Regional roles require frequent travel and, as other countries have opened up, many companies have relocated their staff overseas – some temporarily, others permanently. According to a recent survey by the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, more than a third of fund management companies have moved some or all of their regional and global roles out of Hong Kong.

Granted, stringent measures were warranted early in the pandemic when Covid-19 was more virulent and we had no vaccination or antiviral medication. Now, though, we enjoy one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, with more than 92 per cent of Hongkongers double-vaccinated.

Infectious disease experts have noted that the pandemic has entered an endemic phase in Hong Kong. As long as the evidence shows that our public health system can handle the serious infections, perhaps it is time to migrate to a “new normal”. I fear that if we don’t get rid of testing quicker and go to absolute zero, more of the damage that has been done will become permanent.

While we haven’t been standing still in easing pandemic restrictions, other places have taken advantage of our relative lack of speed. Our arch-rival Singapore started to resume quarantine-free travel for fully vaccinated people from select countries last October – a year ahead of Hong Kong.

It is no surprise then that Singapore overtook Hong Kong as Asia’s top financial centre, according to Global Financial Centres Index. We are also losing out to other places on conferences and sporting events, with the world’s largest dragon boat racing competition moved to Thailand.

Cathay Pacific’s management predicts that it will take until late 2024 or early 2025 before its business returns to pre-Covid levels. However, I am of the firm belief that we can regain lost ground if we act decisively now.

One way or another, we need to find a way to pivot to normality. It is unsustainable to test and quarantine forever, especially when most countries have completely opened up. According to Travel Off Path, there were 111 countries as of October 4 that had zero travel restrictions or entry requirements, including no tests before or after arrival, no quarantine, no ban on any countries and no vaccine requirements.

Perhaps it is time for the responsibility for Covid-related health to shift back to individuals. We can transition back to pre-pandemic times when people would abstain from work or social events and wear masks when they fell ill.

The rest of society would not have to pay the price. We would be saving the economy, the environment and people’s livelihoods and mental well-being.

宜研無條件0＋0 加快全面復常

「21、14、7、3＋4、0＋3」，這個看似是數學推理的題目，但相信大多數香港人都明白這串數字的含義，是疫情不同期間抵港的檢疫日數。

不少人談論香港的入境檢疫措施何時可放寬至「0＋0」，可惜剛公布的施政報告卻沒有提及。當然，我們還要看「0＋0」是甚麼意思：在大多數人看來，這意味着毋須檢疫隔離、可以立即去餐廳堂食，但來港仍要進行檢測以篩查陽性個案，確診者會轉為紅碼、也不能外出到辦公室、餐廳和酒吧，因此「＋0」的這部分是否包括醫學監測，還有討論空間。

雖然我很欣賞現屆政府相對迅速地實施抵港人士毋須接受酒店檢疫的措施，但我認為在現階段的疫情，我們需要轉向全面且無條件的「0」措施，我所指的是：毋須隔離、沒有醫學監測、更重要是毋須進行檢測。

即使是推行「0＋0」措施，相信都只能吸引香港人外遊，以及在香港有親友的人士到訪，卻不會吸引大多數外地遊客、商人或公幹人士來港，因為若他們在港檢測時呈陽性，就不能外出；再者，人們可能擔心會被安排到政府的檢疫中心如竹篙灣進行隔離。

就如許多媒體報道，我們的防疫措施導致一些原先以香港為亞太區總部的企業和人才外流。地區總部的人員需要經常出差，隨着其他國家和地方已開放入境，並取消檢疫措施，許多公司已把員工遷往其他地方，有些是暫時性，有的則是永久。香港投資基金公會早前一項調查顯示，約三分一受訪的基金公司已把部分或全部區域或全球職位從香港轉移至海外其他地區。

的確，在疫情大流行初期，病毒的毒性較強、還未有疫苗可供接種、也沒有抗病毒藥物，當時是有必要採取嚴格的防疫措施；但現時專家們都認為新冠病毒已轉變，已接種疫苗的人士就算染疫，大多只出現輕微症狀，而香港有很高的疫苗接種率，超過92%人士已接種兩劑疫苗。

政府專家顧問、港大醫學院內科學系傳染病科主任孔繁毅早前表示，我們有條件走出大流行，新冠肺炎變成地區性的風土病。我認為只要數據表明，我們的公共衞生系統有能力處理嚴重感染個案，也許是時候進入「新常態」；若仍然堅持檢測及清零等目標，我擔心這會對我們社會造成更多、且是永久性的損害。

盡管我們逐步放寬檢疫措施，但這相對慢的放寬速度，就令我們輸蝕不少。我們的主要競爭對手新加坡，在去年9月、10月時已開始對某些國家已完成接種疫苗的入境旅客豁免隔離檢疫，比我們早了整整一年。

據全球金融中心指數，新加坡在全球金融中心排名已超越香港，升至第三位，僅次於紐約和倫敦；我們在舉辦會議及體育賽事方面，也輸給其他地方，原定明年在香港舉行的世界龍舟錦標賽將改在泰國舉行。國泰航空的管理層在接受訪問時表示，預計航空運力要到2024年底或2025年初，才回復到疫情前水平。但我深信，只要我們現在能果斷及快速調整措施，我們可以收復失地。

無論如何，我們需要尋找方法以恢復常態，特別是大多數國家已完全對外開放下，我們難以持續地進行檢測和隔離檢疫。據旅行網站Travel Off Path數字，截至本月4日，全球有111個國家和地區已取消對入境人士的檢疫限制，包括入境或抵達都毋須檢測、毋須隔離、不因新冠疫情而禁止某個國家公民入境、毋須提供疫苗接種證明。

也許，是時候把新冠相關的健康責任轉回個人身上。讓我們回復到疫情前的狀況，生病時人們會向公司或學校請病假、自行戴上口罩、停止社交活動，社會其他人士不必為此付出代價；我們可以挽救經濟、減少因抗疫而產生的垃圾、顧及市民生計、維護市民身心健康。

Fellow RHS Alumni Bernard Charnwut Chan, GBM GBS JP (Chinese: 陳智思; 11 January 1965), is a Hong Kong politician and businessman. He served as Non-official Convenor of the Executive Council from 2017 to 2022

Some say 80 years old too old to go back to China? Not for this lady and she is not even Chinese. She gave her entire estates to do charity works in China from age 82.

美国老太太82岁时卖掉所有家产，来中国农村做慈善，96岁捐献遗体

到了80岁，通常人最关心的是什么？

Eunice Moe Brock

China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-21 10:53

According to the Ministry of Public Security, more than 50 million foreigners exit or enter the country on average every year, while another 5 million live here. Of these, about half-a-million call China home.

Many have enriched Chinese lives with their contributions in business, education, medical care and disaster relief.

China Right There, a recent bilingual documentary on Tianjin TV highlighted the lives of 100 expatriates who have been living here since the founding of New China in 1949. The crew traversed the length and breadth of the country recording their everyday lives.

Now, 13 of them have been picked to be honored with the “You Bring Charm to China” award, presented jointly by Tianjin TV and Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV, and supported by China Daily.

The awards were presented on Saturday at Kerry Centre Shangri-La Hotel, witnessed by representatives from the United Nations, leaders of China’s major diplomatic institutions and by distinguished overseas Chinese.

Domestic and overseas artists put up a gala show and the whole ceremony was broadcast live to audiences at home and abroad.

We profile one of them here:

Eunice Moe Brock, 92, who moved to live in a poor village in Shandong after selling all her belongings in the US at the age of 82

Every Christmas, an elderly American lady dresses up as Santa Claus and drives an old donkey cart loaded with books, stationery, fruit and snacks to the Yucai Elementary School in Liaocheng, Shandong province.

She is soon surrounded by a crowd of excited children, bathed in smiles after receiving their gifts from this foreign grandma.

Little do they know about the life of Eunice Moe Brock, whose China story begins with her parents, who worked here as missionaries.

She was born in Liaocheng, a poverty-stricken area in Shandong province in 1917 and lived there up to the age of 13.

At that time, China was riddled with wars and chaos and all this made a deep impression on the sensitive girl.

“I lived in a warm home and people froze in the temple next to where I lived. I felt very bad about this, so I decided that one day I would go back to China and offer some help,” she says.

She kept this dream alive, even after her family moved back to the US in 1930, and she got married and became a mother herself.

One year after her husband died in 1999, she redeemed her promise to China.

She sold the family property, including a house, car, and 40 acres of farmland, and moved back to China alone. She finally settled down in a poor village called Liumiao in Liaocheng at the age of 82.

Noticing that the village school was short of money to buy computers, she forked out more than 20,000 yuan ($2,940) from her own pocket. Besides donating desks, chairs and books, she also volunteered to tutor the children in English.

Given her professional background in nursing, she was appointed honorary president of the Liaocheng International Peace Hospital in 2002.

She can often be seen riding an old trishaw around town. Occasionally, she visits a nearby church built by her father more than a century ago.

She is now trying to get a permanent residence card.

“I want to spend the rest of my life in China, for I am an American with a Chinese heart,” she says.

无非是子孙绕膝、子女就住在附近，能够经常相聚，遇到有个病痛，也好有人照顾。

但是，1999年，一个82岁的美国老太太（白人）竟然做出了一个决定：

卖掉美国宽敞的别墅、汽车，还有40亩山林，到中国贫困的农村帮助当地人。

当她做出这个决定时，她的4个子女都万分不解，也充满了担忧，但最终，老太太说服了子女，带上卖房卖车的钱，来到了中国，最终定居在山东聊城农村。

这个美国老太太叫牧琳爱。

她为什么要这么做？背后有着怎样的故事？ 她能适应中国农村的生活吗？

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牧琳爱的父母都是美国白人，她1917年出生在中国河北的北戴河，她是父母的第四个孩子。

在她出生后不久，因为战乱，父母带着她来到了山东聊城，此后，父亲就开始在聊城建立教堂。

牧琳爱的童年是在山东聊城度过的，虽然当时中国比美国落后不少，但丝毫不影响她童年的快乐：

直到13年那年，牧琳爱才跟随父母回到美国。

离开中国前，父亲对几个孩子说：

“这里的人对我们很友好，你们将来有机会一定要帮助这里的中国人。”
没想到，这句话，被当时年龄最小的牧琳爱一直牢记在心。

回到美国后，牧琳爱继续自己的学业，她立志当一名医生，之后她顺利地考上大学，后来获得了医学硕士学位。

在她小时候，父母就告诉她，要找到自己愿意为之努力一辈子的事，要为他人做一些有价值的事，帮助这个世界变得更好。

牧琳爱选择了学医，而且是儿科，她希望去帮助那些生病的孩子。

在大学期间，牧琳爱认识了青年才俊埃德温，两人互生好感，发展成恋人。

1941年，两人携手走进了婚姻殿堂。

两人都接受了良好的教育，一个长相英俊，一个五官美丽。在外人眼里，他们也是天造地设的一对。

相恋几年后，两人在1941年进入婚姻的殿堂。

埃德温毕业后从事商业，牧琳爱到医院工作，当了一名医生。

婚后，牧琳爱和丈夫商量，在生儿育女的同时，自己不打算放弃工作。好在丈夫也很理解她，家务和照顾孩子的事情，请了保姆来做。有时，双方父母也会伸出援助之手，帮助照看孩子。

牧琳爱一共生了4个孩子，2儿2女。

牧琳爱很热爱自己的工作，她后来还去读了个医生博士，还做到了美国丹佛市儿童医院院长。

在美国，医生属于高薪职位，所以，他们一家经济方面很优裕，子女们也都接受了良好的教育，后来都发展不错。

牧琳爱和丈夫买了一栋大别墅居住，汽车也买了几部，夫妻两人都喜欢在树林里散步，他们还买了40亩的山林。

在外人眼里，牧琳爱一家过的是美国精英的生活。

不过，因为此前一直忙着工作，和照顾几个子女，再加上中美之间很长一段时间没有建交，她只好把这个愿望深埋在心里。

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1992年，牧琳爱和丈夫都已经退休了，且都70多岁了。

这时，中美之间关系已经缓和了很多，牧琳爱觉得一定要趁能动的时候去一趟中国。

丈夫埃德温刚认识牧琳爱的时候，就经常听牧琳爱讲小时候在中国生活的事，他知道这是妻子埋藏在心底的一个心愿。

尽管自己年事已高，且身体也不太好，但是他决定和妻子一起完成这次中国之行。

时隔62年重新踏上中国这片土地，牧琳爱出发前，非常兴奋。

她非常想了解中国到底变成了什么样子。

她尤其想去看看当年父亲在山东聊城建的教堂怎么样了.
她还想去看望儿时在山东聊城的玩伴。

她和丈夫下了飞机后，辗转来到了山东聊城，一路上她非常兴奋。

儿时生活过的教堂依然还在，只是岁月的斑驳历历在目。

教堂的外墙颜色已经发生改变，但轮廓是那样熟悉，内部不如童年时那般整洁明亮，甚至有些颓败。

看到这熟悉的一切，她百感交集。

她这次来，不仅是完成自己的一个心愿，也是完成父亲生前的一个心愿。

父亲是一位传教士，在中国传教20多年，直到1930年，才回到美国。

他对于自己亲手负责建立的这所教堂，感情很深，回到美国后，一直念念不忘。

这个教堂，就像他的一个孩子一样，从无到有一点一点建立起来，一个信徒一个信徒发展起来。

她还专门去拜访了儿时最好的玩伴周仁杰，但此时周仁杰已经去世了，来迎接她的是周仁杰的女儿。

牧琳爱这次中国之行，她近距离地观察了中国的发展。

90年代的聊城，城市里有了柏油路，也有了很多楼房，儿童生活状况有了很大进步，

比起60年前，发生了很多改变。

上世纪20年代，中国还处于水深火热中，农民和城市底层百姓生活困苦，住的房子也往往是低矮、漏雨的小平房。
那时，很多儿童穿得破破烂烂，生病了也无钱医治。
牧琳爱还特意要求去聊城农村看看。

父亲在聊城当传教士时，经常也会去周边的村庄传教，给一些穷苦的人看病。

当她到了聊城农村后，她发现中国城乡差距非常大，农民的生活虽然有了改善，解决了温饱问题，但依然困苦。

和丈夫结束了山东之旅后，她和丈夫还去了趟北京，去爬了长城，也去了故宫，然后回到了美国。

回到美国后，牧琳爱就寻思着自己能为聊城做点什么。

不过，此时牧琳爱的丈夫身体已经不好，她需要照顾丈夫，所以这事暂时就搁置了下来。

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1998年，牧琳爱的丈夫埃德温去世了。埃德文当时已经80多岁了，算是高寿。

葬礼结束后，牧琳爱一度有些不适应，这么多年，一直是丈夫陪伴在身边，她早已习惯了丈夫的陪伴。

子女长大后，为了各自的事业，都分散在美国不同的地方打拼，然后组建家庭，各自忙碌着。

不过，每到圣诞节，和一些重大节日，儿女们还是会回来看望父母。

埃德温去世后，牧琳爱的子女担心她一个人住会很孤单，就提出让她搬到自己附近的地方住。

不过牧琳爱不想离开居住了多年的社区，还有房子里熟悉的一切。

1999年12月24日平安夜，牧琳爱的四个子女，带着孩子，都回到了牧琳爱的家。

小辈们帮忙布置了圣诞树，铺上了雪白的桌布、还摆上了鲜花、烛台。精致的菜肴被佣人端上桌，晶莹的酒杯里倒了葡萄酒，一大家子边吃边聊，其乐融融。

正在兴致上，牧琳爱向子女们宣布了一个消息：

我打算把房子和车子卖了，然后去中国山东农村生活，去帮助那里的人。
那里还很贫穷，我想做点自己能做的事情。
几个子女听了后，开始是面面相觑，然后是睁大了眼睛。

小女儿第一个表态，她说：

“妈妈，你已经80多岁，去那么遥远的地方，万一身体出状况，怎么办？中国的医疗水平比美国落后很多。”
小儿子也接着说：

“你去了那里，估计一个美国人都没有，你的中文早已忘光了，很难找到可以聊天的人。”
大女儿说：

“妈咪，这里有你熟悉的亲人和朋友，还有熟悉你情况的私人医生，去了中国农村，看病估计都很难！”
牧琳爱微笑地看着子女，她不紧不慢地说：

“我知道你们是关心我，但这是我的一个心愿，我本来年轻时候就想去中国工作，可是因为工作和结婚生子，我没能实现这个愿望。
“如今你们的父亲也走了，我身体目前还算硬朗，我想趁着身体好，去完成自己这个心愿。
“我自己是学医的，我知道生病了该怎么处理，你们不用担心我。”

经过几个月的沟通，最终，子女们都选择了支持老母亲去实现自己的心愿。

牧琳爱将自己住的大房子，还有汽车，以及40亩山林，都卖了。

她决定带着钱，到山东聊城条件最差的农村去生活，去帮助那里的人。

正如，当年她的父母放弃美国舒适的生活，义无反顾地踏上去中国的轮船。

来中国前，牧琳爱给中国青少年发展基金会写信，提出自己要到中国的贫困农村生活，希望能尽自己绵薄之力去帮助贫困农村的孩子，帮助改变农村的面貌。

她在信中写道：

我已经变卖了我在美国的所有财产，我希望用这笔钱为中国落后的农村做点什么，我还有退休金可以维持我的生活。
我在中国出生，在中国长到13岁，中国人的朴实、淳朴，给我留下了深刻的印象。
我的父亲作为传教士，在中国曾工作了20多年，他对中国也怀有很深的感情。
当青少年发展基金会收到这份信时，印象特别深，因为这个老太太已经82岁了。

在中国，通常这个年龄的老人，需要三天两头的跑医院，还需要子女的照顾。而她却提出独自一人到中国贫困的农村生活！

最初，基金会有点担心她的身体是否吃得消，但牧琳爱继续写信：

“我是学医的，退休前是美国一家儿童医院的院长，我对自己的身体很有信心，万一身体有病痛，我也懂得怎么处理。希望你们不要拒绝我的请求，只是我目前唯一的心愿。”

经过反复沟通，最终基金会接受了牧琳爱的请求。

不过考虑她的确年事已高，就建议她在聊城阳谷县安乐镇的刘庙村居住。这里交通相对来说要方便一些。

当地政府对她的到来也非常关心，安排她在一个空置的房子（属于当地一个村民）居住。为了让她住的舒适一点，还专门配置了冰箱、电视、沙发等。

但是，牧琳爱坚持要付租金，她说自己不能白住，自己来这里是为了帮助别人，不能给别人添麻烦。

其实，她当时带的钱，足够在县城买好几套房子的。

但是她决定把那些钱都花在慈善上，自己的生活简简单单就可以。

她捐了3万美元，给刘庙小学建了一个电脑房，资助村幼儿园和镇上的一些学校购置了教学用具和器材。

为了感谢她的资助，刘庙村小学改成为中美友谊小学，她被授予该校的名誉校长。

后来，刘庙村小学几度更名，但中美友谊小学的牌子，一直没有被摘下来。

她还帮助村里建了一个图书室，大大丰富了村民们的文化生活，也打开了他们的视野。

她尤其关心农村里的一些老年人，当时，村里一些老年人患了白内障，生活很不方便。

牧琳爱就帮助他们接受手术治疗，让他们重见光明。

牧琳爱对那些生活有困难的人尤其关心。

刘庙村有一个残疾人，先天性聋哑，是个女的，生活尤其困难。

不过，虽然是个聋哑人，但她很会织毛衣。

牧琳爱就从街上买来很多毛线，让她帮忙织毛衣，然后付给她比较高的工钱。

她以这种不伤害人自尊心的方式，来帮助别人。

牧琳爱尤其喜欢小孩子。

她的院子里，经常有小孩子来玩，她会给孩子们准备一些点心，然后教孩子们英语，给孩子们读绘本。

除此之外，她还积极促进聊城市国际和平医院与国外医学界的学术交流，帮助聊城医院的医生提高医术，了解国际医学最新发展水平。

当她看到医院的环境后，她出资为医院修建了花园、在空地上种上了绿树和鲜花，还弄了一个鱼池，让来看病的人，能有一个好的心情。

她还给医院捐赠了很多医学器械，她自己本身学医，又当医生多年，所以她利用自己的资源从美国买来医学器械，免费送给医院。而医院如果自己去购买美国的这些器材，费用极高。

她还每周为医护人员上一次英文课，专门辅导医生掌握那些生僻的医学英语用词。

当满头银发的牧琳爱出现在医院时，那是很多年轻医生非常盼望的时间，他们都被牧琳爱的专业、无私所感动。

她把自己的积蓄都花在刀刃上，而自己从刘庙村到市区，她连坐出租车都舍不得，都是坐公交车。

为了表彰她为医院做出的贡献，她被评为聊城国际和平医院的名誉院长。

为了拉东西方便，牧琳爱有一辆旧的三轮车，后来这辆三轮车已经生锈了，她也舍不得买一辆新的。

平时，她的生活也非常简朴，去餐馆吃饭，无论剩下多少，她都要求打包带回家。

她坚持付自己住的地方的房租和水电费。

她自己省吃俭用，但她会用自己的零花钱，给孩子们买点心。

遇到哪里有自然灾害，她都第一时间慷慨解囊：

2003年的非典、2005年印尼海啸、
2008年四川地震、2010年青海玉树地震，甘肃泥石流，
她会的中文不多，但有几句中文她说得很好：

“我喜欢中国，我在中国长大”
“我只要求简单的生活，用自己的爱心帮助别人，我就很开心”
她喜欢种菜、养花，学村民骑着三轮车上街，和村民们打成一片。

为了帮助村民们提高收入，她也是煞费心思。

美国的农民早就实现了机械化，而中国的农村在90年代，基本上还是依靠手工劳作，每家每户分得的土地有限，这就导致收入极其有限。

她仔细观察农村现状后，提出让村民们种一些经济价值高的农村物，这样可以增加收入。

为此，她积极寻找适合当地的种子，还自己动手实践。
她本来在美国可以享受非常舒适的晚年生活，有着大别墅，出入有汽车，还可以请得起保姆。但是，她却选择到山东农村过这种艰苦的生活。

山东的冬天很冷，其实对老年人不太友好，但是，牧琳爱依然选择坚守在这片土地，她希望用自己的最后的时光，来帮助这片土地上的人。

当她一个外国人顶着一头银发，在公交车车站等车，或者骑着那辆旧三轮车，在当时的聊城，是一道美丽的风景线。

90年代末，许多中国人想尽办法出国，这个老太太倒好，本来在美国过得舒舒服服的，非要跑到山东农村生活，把自己的积蓄和退休金都拿出来帮助别人。

据统计，她总共拿出了30多万来做慈善。

她本可以在美国生活得极其舒适，极其优雅，她退休前可是美国一家儿童医院的院长啊，可是，她却到山东农村与村民们一起住在一起。

吃最简单的食物，住最简单的房子，远离子女和亲人。

很多出租车司机都认识她，都免费载她，说什么也不肯收她的钱。

2006年，她荣获了感动山东慈善大使的称号，也荣获了2006年感动山东十大人物的称号。

2009年，她被授予了中国绿卡。

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牧琳爱在中国定居后，她就没有回美国，但她在美国的亲人，一直牵挂着她。

她的一个外甥女，在纽约时报担任记者，曾来中国和牧琳爱一起过春节，她后来回到美国，将在中国的所见所闻写成了文章，发表在纽约时报上。

牧琳爱的儿子在2003年，也来中国看望了牧琳爱。

牧琳爱的大女儿还带着丈夫，两次来中国看望母亲：

一次是2004年。
一次是2006年，还陪伴母亲度过了2006年的春节。
有一些外国朋友，得知了牧琳爱的事迹，还专门绕道来看望她。

2008年，牧琳爱还和一位美国来的朋友，一起去了新疆，完成了她去中国西部看看的愿望。

牧琳爱当时已经91岁，但她精神状态很好，新疆之旅一共8天，她非常乐观。

牧琳爱在聊城定居下来后，她还多次写信个美国的朋友，告诉他们，中国发生了很大的变化，她希望更多的美国人能够了解真实的中国，也希望中美人民能够加深友谊，共同发展。

在人生最后几年，牧琳爱的头脑依然清醒，除了做一些慈善，她还坚持写书。

她写了一本30万字的书，书名为：《探索精神和物质的和谐世界观》，其中有篇幅，她专门写了她在中国的经历。

牧琳爱的大爱精神，无时不感染着身边的人。

给她当翻译的是一个叫王玉青的女子，她出生于1980年，比牧老整整小了60多岁。

她从2001年开始，一直担任牧琳爱的翻译，最初这是一份工作，但到了后来，她被牧老的无私大爱精神所感动，她和牧琳爱之间已经成了忘年交。

牧琳爱到了人生最后两年，身体机能急剧下降，连短途的路都走不了。

人到了90多岁，很容易伤风感冒，但她的子女又远在美国。

这时，王玉清自动承担了照顾老人的责任，本来她的丈夫在济南工作，为了帮助照顾牧琳爱，他从济南的单位辞职，然后到了聊城生活。

他在聊城找了一份司机的工作，为的是方便和妻子一起住照顾牧琳爱。

牧琳爱住院期间，王玉清和丈夫轮流在病床前陪伴她，陪她聊天，玩扑克。

王玉清打心底里敬佩牧琳爱，在牧琳爱身边的时间越久，她就越发被这个老太太的无私精神和乐观所感动。

她说：比起牧老的大爱，我感觉自己很渺小。

2013年4月28日，牧琳爱因为器脏衰竭，在医院去世，享年96岁。

她在88岁的时候，就签署了遗体捐献协议。

去世后，根据她的遗愿，她的遗体用于医学研究，成为山东省第二例捐献遗体的外国人。

去世的时候，医生全体医护人员对她深深鞠躬，很多医生眼里都噙满了泪水。

她的亲属从美国飞来，参加了她的遗体告别仪式。

得知老人家去世，聊城的许多群众，都自发地来为她送行。

作为一个美国人，她出生在中国，虽然当时的中国正处于战乱，也非常落后，但她对中国这片土地，有着深厚的感情，将中国视作自己的故乡。

她最终选择在中国这片土地安息。

从出生到13岁，一个人最纯真的岁月，她在中国度过。

从82岁到96岁，一个人在世间的暮年，她选择在中国生活，将所有的财产卖掉，只为帮助中国农村的人。

她是一个传教士的女儿，一个医生，

做慈善，她没有豪情壮语，她选择一个村庄一个小城市，来开展她的慈善。

她是那样谦卑，和最底层的村民生活在一起，丝毫不觉得有失自己的身份。

物质方面，她很简朴，但她活出了自己的风骨，活出了一道光。

她深知自己的灵魂将去哪里。

她的大爱精神感动了无数人，她的精神也将永存。

Video: Hong Kong builds on its success in education and business 香港在教育和商業方面取得成功

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Most western people are concerned about whether President Xi would continue his presidency for the third turn. That is not the focus of the 1.4 billions Chinese gave CPC 92% approval rates 大多數西方人都擔心習主席是否會繼續擔任第三輪主席。這不是14億中國人給中共92%支持率的重點.

But most Chinese people look at where the communist party will lead China to go forward. So, there is a difference. The difference is that Chinese people trust CPC’s leadership in China, and are not concerned much about who will be the next president.

I just watched an episode from a Taiwanese media on youtube. One sentence mentioned by one commentator was “江(river)山(mountain)是人民，人民是江山“. In English, you can translate this to: “The country is (belongs to) the people, and the people are (rule) the country”. the meaning is very similar to “from the people, by the people, and for the people” in the US Declaration of Independence. But the CPC is more in a service position for the people, to be a true leader for the people as a whole…this probably is the difference between western democracy and China’s democracy…

For people who are interested in China’s future trade policies, it is worth reading the report by President Xi.

Full text of Xi Jinping’s report to the 20th Party Congress:

Long, but worth reading. Some excerpts below: compare with what the MSM spin.

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Official translation of the speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 16.

https://archive.ph/tSO65#selection-4157.0-4177.720

• We have implemented a people-centered philosophy of development. We have worked continuously to ensure people’s access to childcare, education, employment, medical services, elderly care, housing, and social assistance, thus bringing about an all-around improvement in people’s lives. China’s average life expectancy has reached 78.2 years, its per capita disposable annual income has risen from 16,500 yuan to 35,100 yuan, and more than 13 million urban jobs have been created each year on average over the past 10 years. We have built the largest education, social security, and healthcare systems in the world. These achievements have allowed us to make historic strides in making education universally available, bring 1.04 billion people under the coverage of basic old-age insurance, and ensure basic medical insurance for 95 percent of the population. Timely adjustments have been made to the childbirth policy. More than 42 million housing units in run-down urban areas and more than 24 million dilapidated rural houses have been rebuilt, marking a significant improvement in housing conditions in both urban and rural areas. The number of internet users has reached 1.03 billion. We have ensured a more complete and lasting sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security for our people, and we have made further progress in achieving common prosperity for all.
• We have acted on the idea that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. We have persisted with a holistic and systematic approach to conserving and improving mountain, water, forest, farmland, grassland, and desert ecosystems, and we have ensured stronger ecological conservation and environmental protection across the board, in all regions, and at all times. China’s ecological conservation systems have been improved, the critical battle against pollution has been advanced, and solid progress has been made in promoting green, circular, and low-carbon development. This has led to historic, transformative, and comprehensive changes in ecological and environmental protection and has brought us bluer skies, greener mountains, and cleaner waters.
• We have applied a holistic approach to national security. We have steadily improved the leadership, legal, strategy, and policy systems for national security. We have not yielded any ground on matters of principle, and we have resolutely safeguarded China’s sovereignty, security, and development interests. National security has thus been strengthened on all fronts. We have further improved the social governance system based on collaboration, participation, and shared benefits. We have effectively contained ethnic separatists, religious extremists, and violent terrorists and secured important progress in the campaigns to combat and root out organized crime. We have responded effectively to major natural disasters. The Peaceful China Initiative has entered a new stage.
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• We must put the people first. People-centeredness is an essential attribute of Marxism. Our Party’s theories are from the people, for the people, and beneficial to the people. The people’s creative practices are the inexhaustible source of our theoretical innovations. Theories that are detached from the people will be feeble and ineffective, and theories that cannot deliver for the people will be stale and lifeless. We must stand firmly with the people, respond to their wishes, respect their creativity, and pool their wisdom to develop theories that they like, accept, and adopt and that become powerful tools guiding them in understanding and changing the world.
• We must maintain self-confidence and stand on our own feet. There has never been an instruction manual or ready-made solution for the Chinese people and the Chinese nation to turn to as they fought to end the great sufferings endured since the advent of modern times and have moved on toward the bright future of rejuvenation. The Party has led the people in independently blazing the path to success over the past century, and the success of Marxism in China has been realized by Chinese Communists through our own endeavors. One point underpinning these successes is that China’s issues must be dealt with by Chinese people in light of the Chinese context. We must remain firm in our conviction in Marxism and socialism with Chinese characteristics and strengthen our confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. With a stronger sense of historical responsibility and creativity, we should make greater contributions to the development of Marxism. We should never act blindly without assessing how conditions have evolved or allow ourselves to become ossified or closed off, nor should we mechanically imitate others or indiscriminately absorb foreign ideas.
• We must uphold fundamental principles and break new ground. We are advancing a great cause that none have attempted before. Only by upholding fundamental principles can we avoid losing our bearings or making catastrophic mistakes. Only by breaking new ground can we meet the call of the day and shape the trends of our times. We should approach Marxism with a respect for science and in the spirit of seeking truth. We must never waver in upholding the basic tenets of Marxism, the overall leadership of the Party, and socialism with Chinese characteristics. We should keep pace with the times and adapt to the evolution of practice. We should approach each and every new thing with great enthusiasm and never stop broadening and deepening our understanding of the world. We must dare to say what has never been said and do what has never been done, and we must use new theory to guide new practice.
• We must adopt a problem-oriented approach. Problems represent the voice of the times. The fundamental task of theory is to respond to problems and provide guidelines for finding solutions. The problems we face today are considerably more complex, and resolving them has become much more difficult. This presents a completely new challenge for theoretical innovation. We must be more conscious of problems, especially new problems that are discovered through practice, deep-seated problems affecting reform, development, and stability, pressing concerns of the people, major issues in the evolving global landscape, and prominent issues we face in Party building. We should keep developing new thinking, new approaches, and new ways to effectively resolve problems.
• We must apply systems thinking. All things are interconnected and interdependent. We must view them with the understanding that they are universally connected, part of a complete system, and constantly evolving if we are to grasp the laws governing their development.
  As a major developing country, China is still in the primary stage of socialism and is going through an extensive and profound social transformation. A small move made to advance reform and development or to adjust interests may affect the bigger picture. We should be able to see the present from a historical perspective, look beyond the surface to get to the crux of issues, and properly manage the relationships between overall and local interests, between the present and the future, between macro and micro concerns, between primary and secondary issues, and between the special and the ordinary. We should improve our ability to adopt a strategic perspective and apply a historical, dialectical, and systematic approach to thinking; we should get better at thinking creatively, thinking in terms of the rule of law, and considering worst-case scenarios. By doing so, we can develop a well-conceived approach to planning and advancing the endeavors of the Party and the country on all fronts in a forward-looking and holistic manner.
• We must maintain a global vision. The Communist Party of China is dedicated to pursuing happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. It is also dedicated to human progress and world harmony. We should expand our global vision and develop keen insight into the trends of human development and progress, respond to the general concerns of people of all countries, and play our part in resolving the common issues facing humankind. With an open mind, we should draw inspiration from all of human civilization’s outstanding achievements and work to build an even better world.
  …….
  Unity is strength, and only in unity can we succeed. To build China into a modern socialist country in all respects, we must unleash the tremendous creativity of the Chinese people in their hundreds of millions. All of us in the Party must stay true to our fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, maintain a people-centered mindset, and carry out the mass line. We must respect the pioneering spirit of our people and ensure that we are acting for the people and relying on the people in everything we do. We must follow the principle of “from the people, to the people,” maintain a close bond with the people, and accept their criticism and oversight. We must breathe the same air as the people, share the same future, and stay truly connected to them. We must strengthen the great unity of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and the great unity of all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation at home and abroad. By doing so, we will create a powerful collective force working with one heart and one mind to realize the Chinese Dream.

Video: Who am I? I am a proud member of the Chinese Civilization. 我是誰? 我是中華文明的驕傲一員
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