This spectacle causes a feeling of shock and distrust. A huge red banner was posted on the wall of the Old Bank of China in Hong Kong, just like during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s-1970s, when China sought to become the leader of the world revolution. Then they wrote on the banners: “Long live the invincible thought of Mao Zedong!”Or” Long live the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution!”Or just” Long live the chairman of the Mao!”After the death of Mao in 1976, all this disappeared. The last thirty -odd years, China has been moving in a different direction, abandoning the revolution in the name of economic development. But by a more thorough consideration, it turns out that the new red banner with gold hieroglyphs has nothing to do with the previous. Instead of calling the people to follow along the revolutionary path of the chairman of the Mao, he says: “We warmly welcome the release of the Yuan state bonds in Hong Kong!”
Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced that he was issuing government bonds nominated in the yuan in Hong Kong, as another step in the internationalization of the Chinese currency. This is the evolution of the country since 1978, when Dan Xiaopin became its supreme leader. Meanwhile, having made another attempt to convince the international community that China’s strengthening does not threaten him, the deputy chairman of the PRC Xi Jinping, who is expected to become the new leader of China after Hu Jintao, said on Saturday that China will never impose his will to the rest of the world and called for “abandoning old thinking” and fight for peace around the world.
“Even when China becomes a developed country in the future, it will never strive for hegemony,” Si said at the World Forum in the Beijing. – China is invariably committed to the goals of economic development, the world around the world and the general development of mankind… It is necessary to abandon old thinking and outdated approaches, ”he added. – We need to keep up with the times, promote innovation and create a new concept of security “.China leaders act correctly, convincing the rest of the world that he has nothing to fear even if China becomes a dominant global power, but it is necessary to realize that other countries, in order to understand whether they should not be afraid of Chinese power, study the real behavior of China today – especially how the government treats its own people.
One of the incidents illuminated in the news were three -day mass protests of the inhabitants of the city of Shifan in the province of Sichuan against the construction of a plant worth 1.6 billion. dollars for processing heavy metals. The police used demonstrators, among whom were many students, tear gas and light-shum grenades. The protests began on June 30, the day after the laying ceremony of the first stone of the enterprise. By July 2, the authorities surrendered and announced that they would not build molybdenum plant – at least for the time being. However, despite this, there are fears that the authorities will punish the organizers of protest when the noise will settle down. Beijing’s suspicions about “external forces” are also reflected in the statement published on the website of the city administration, which claims that those who supported the protests in Chiffan are similar to those who support the Falungun movement and the Dalai Lama. However, it is obvious that there are those who understand the shortcomings in the work of the Chinese government.