Ask West: Why China has to be what it is in your illusion?

By Li Hongmei 

In a wide-ranging news conference on the sidelines of China's annual sessions of National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi spoke of China’s financial aids to some debt-ridden European countries with deep feeling. He was cited as saying, "it is hard for China to do anything. When we offer help, they would find fault; but if we stand by and look on, they would also pick holes."

To the West----No Decry, Distort or Demonize China

When we were labeled as "Sick Man in East Asia", You held us in contempt calling us "Yellow Peril";

When we are catapulted to Stardom and expected to be next super power, You finger point us to be "a major threat".

Then we were forced entry by your Opium and Big Gun, and forced open to Your smuggling and looting;

Now we offer to open to you and are ready to embrace free trade, but you accuse us of robbing the "rice bowl" of you.

Then we were precarious like a candle guttering in the wind, Your "iron heel" mercilessly treaded on our sovereignty yelling "Share Interests evenly"; 

Now we stand up for our territorial integrity and sovereignty, You come out braying "China Aggression" and "Free Tibet".

Then it was Communism that saved the Chinese nation from extinction, You cursed between your teeth at such a sizable nation of Communists;

Now we try the market economy, You are also enraged for us accepting the idea of "Capitalism".

When we had a population of 1 billion, You said we were destroying the Earth;

When we set limit on our growing population, You immediately wield the stick of "Human Rights"

When we were impoverished, You put us in the same class of "beggors";

When we better off and lend huge sum of our money to You, You would complain we make You a miserable "Debtor".

When we started to develop our Industry, You accused us to be a "Bad Polluter";

When we can sell "Made-in-China’ products to You, You said we are held chief responsibility for "Global Warming".

When we purchase oil, you would say we are exploiting and "cleansing" races;

While when you launched War for oil, You bragged it was all for ‘salvage of the people". 

When we were in the days of tumult and chaos, you said we were barbaric and lawless;

We are now ruling by Law, You would never mince your words when saying we are "abusing human rights." 

When remained reticent and laid low, You said we should have "Free Speech";

When we raise our voice and loudly say No, You would remark we must be brainwashed and xenophobic.

Why You hate us so, ----We wonder,

"No, we never hate you", You might reply.

Neither do we hate You;

But, Do you really understand us? And how much?

"Yes, why?" You will always boast about Your free access to news from "AFP, CNN, and BBC…"

But what you want us to be?

To this, we do not need your reply----

Because enough is enough:

The world has seen enough of hypocrisy.

We hope to see "One world and one dream" and the shared peace.

The Blue Planet, spacious and tolerant, belongs to You, and to us Chinese.

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10:02, March 08, 2011

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