On Open Letter to President Obama, this time from the Chinese people
The letter is divided into three parts, and was first found on the site http://www.bearcanada.com/. It's an interesting example of how some Chinese people view the US-China relationship at the current time.
A few excerpts from each part: Part 1
We noted with some surprise a recent announcement in The Washington Post of your intention to openly engage in political subversion in our country.
We're told you are "very, very interested in how to reach into China, how to (bypass our government and) reach Chinese citizens directly", and that you have enlisted help from apparent Chinese "dissidents", asking where and how you should use your leverage.
As we understand it, you mean to try to corrupt the allegiance of our people by attempting to destroy our loyalty and patriotism, to turn us against our own government, and to use us as pawns to undermine the foundation of our own country.
We are writing to express our objection.
Part 2:
You have criminals in your country, and you have corrupt politicians too, but it would be mean-spririted and dishonest of us to suggest that their actions represent the moral standards of all America. Do you agree? Why are you so eager to believe it's different for us?
We were just as shocked and appalled as you, to learn that some of our milk was contaminated with melamine, and you may be surprised to learn that Chinese dogs don't like poisoned food any more than American dogs do.
Our country is still developing. We have made enormous progress, but for sure we still have a long way to go. However, we look forward to our future. We have changed many things, and will change many more. But we want to do it ourselves.
We believe we see ourselves, our country and our future, much more clearly than you do. We know what needs to be done, and don't feel we need anyone directing us, and especially not a country that is in many ways in worse condition than ours.
Part 3:
We know we cannot produce any instant victory over foreign interference in our affairs and that we will have to continue our monitoring, perhaps indefinitely. But we think it's important for the sake of our country that we succeed.
It should be noted that our government is not involved in this. In fact, we have avoided any contact with any part of the government in case they want to be more prudent and ... how did you put it ... something about ... "the risk of further destabilizing an important relationship ..."
This is a grassroots nationwide issue involving only "the Chinese people" whom you so much want to "reach out to". It has no central focus, no head office, no place to direct a silver bullet.
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