Hong Kong History Part II.

    The history of China is actually a really sad story.  China is like a piece of meatloaf which hungry people (United State, Britain, Japan...etc.) want a bite from it.  And the worst thing was that some of them imported opium into China to mess up the people inside and then they join together to form a super power and invaded China. Of course the rulers of China at the time, the Qing were quite inept. Heck, they were really Manchus, not traditional Chinese.  How in the world can China protect itself if other nations use advanced technologies to fight in a war!!!  Maybe this is a way to success?  Well, war is not a good thing to do, but without war we may not have the present and the future... it is just a developing process.  Nowadays, a lot of people and politicians have been attacking China about its politics, human rights, limits on the freedoms of speech, freedoms of this, freedom of that...  but they need to understand the Chinese government have been putting a lot of effort to improve all the above categories.  To make improvement it takes time, it cannot be done in one or two days.  The reason why China decided not to change its policies immediately from communist into capitalism is because the Chinese government learnt from the collapse of the Soviet Union. The USSR tried to make an immediate change from communism to capitalism.  This sudden change made a lot of people suffer because it is hard to adjust into a new system immediately.  This immediate change lead to the collapse and end of the Soviet Union.  The Chinese government believe that immediate change would not work so it would be better to make change gradually.  That's why the Chinese government called themselves Capital Socialism Government.  Everyone, please give China the time to prove it.   

   After Hong Kong returned to the China rule, things have not been change much.  Political changes: a little bit.  Daily life: same stuff.  Everyone is still working hard and earning as much money as they can.  It is basically the first goal in every Hong Kong"nese" mind "SHOW ME THE MONEY".  It is not good to be too materialistic.  But surrounding environment (unstable political and social factors) force H.K. people to think toward it.  That is most of our reality.  

   A lot of my friends keep asking me, "Since China is a communist government, and now that Hong Kong has returned to China's rule you automatically became a communist right?"  I want to ask some of my American friends, "If President Clinton lied about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky in front of the TV.  Does that mean all the Americans are big Liars?!?"  In this moment, right here right now I want to tell everyone of you:

"I am not a Communist, OK !!"

   Even though China is not like the United States, Japan or even close to Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region), things are getting better. The Chinese government understands the important of opening their market because they not only can absorb foreign investment but also new skills, ideas and technologies from overseas.  Those are all the good elements and opportunities to improve the economy of China and also the quality of people and living condition.  I am sure one day my nation will be very similar to the U.S. or Japan. 

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