The seduction of the West by China

Now China skillfully consolidates its super power potential through peaceful economical development.

Except for its economic growth, China remains politically autocratic, morally downgraded, environmentally deteriorated and with a prevailing social crisis. But the West just turns a deaf ear and blind eye to it.

The movement pushing for an open and democratic China is in fact a "conscience" movement which has previously had little impact because lack of substantial backup and new blood. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize is a catalyst which has greatly boosted the movement. But we must remain cool-headed, the material backup to fundamentally reform China is still distant. Without genuine understanding and support by the Western democratic governments headed by the US, the impact of the Nobel Peace Prize will fade away. To conclude I would like to quote some ancient Chinese sayings which remain as relevant as they were when I last shared them with an Australian audience:

Eat not food offered by a fierce tiger despite hunger. Sleep not in a robbed bed despite night. Drink not stolen spring water despite thirst. Rest not under a decaying tree despite heat. There is a well-known saying: There are neither everlasting friends nor everlasting enemies in the world. There are only friends with the same interest. With the enormous lure of money, the West has been silenced.