China Nationalistic Fervour: The Certain Rise of China
China Nationalistic Fervour: The
Certain Rise of China
China recently celebrated her 40th
Anniversary of Reforms and Opening Up. To
celebrate the event, large scale events were held in conjunction with the 40th
anniversary, forums with elaborate speeches and commemorative videos were shown on China Central Television Broadcast Station.
Regional Television Station also aired commemorative videos of their achievements
gained in the last 40 years.
One thing which is clear is that the
Chinese people are living more comfortable material lives. Admittedly wealth is not uniformly
distributed, it is nevertheless present in more people and in most cities and extents
to towns and villages. Towns and villages are simply enjoying the fruits of
reforms helped by Express train access and faster movement of goods and
services.
Openness in showcasing hardship
cases, marriages and exposing bad products, services and behavior on television
simply show their will to address contemporary issues that upset social order and gives the China a bad rap of a unruly developing nation albeit in subtle tones through main stream media.
Observation over time and of people
from different locales show that Chinese possesses a common trait of wanting to
make China great in all ways possible. Be
it in culture, the arts, sports, services, in science and technology, manufacturing
or defense. An awe in the modest pride of
a Chinese as China rise to be a world power in economics,
politics and thought leader in science and technology can be covertly felt. Achievements that have emanated from a hardworking and that of a disciplined workforce. The "surprise" is in their open display of
civility, ambition and somewhat parody of siege mentality. The results of which is the awakening of culture in not losing their soul in the pursue of wealth.
Modesty aside, Chinese are embracing common courtesy and being civil towards each other even
as the world has a hangover of past bad behavior; still a handful of Chinese retains
old ways of ignoring basic courtesy choosing to be oblivious to the obvious.
The bureaucracy reminds of the
stoic nature when seeking a deeper understanding to an enquiry. Such simple answers will tend to peeve a foreigner who will see the public officer as being indignant.
Conversely, service level refinement
and value addition in the private sector are accomplished and certainly surpass levels
experienced in SG.
It is a delightful sight to see people
in their colour coordinated t-shirts, shoe types and props carried in activities
conducted in public spaces and enjoying themselves. It forms an impressive sight
from the uniformity and the sense of spontaneity of this public display of
coordination, interest and unity.
In the western and southern regions
which saw groups exercising, pop culture activities such as modern dances and
fashion walks has taken place amidst the traditional activities of opera
singing and martial arts practices. Eager participants accentuates the beneficial effects
of spontaneity, chance social interaction leading to general vibrancy within
community setting.
The Chinese is better equipped to
resolve disputes through dialogue and possibly deftly sidestep personal political
issues as opposed to one where a troll wins through submission thus ending any chance
of intellectual exchange notably seen in the Sg context and Sg forum posts.
We gauge that China nationalistic
fervor is definitely felt when the country's interest and honour needs defending, most view points are articulated. Criticism of administration is rare and not even in private or cleverly sidestepped. Perhaps this is due to overall satisfaction in the way the country is run and from the clear national objectives.
With regard to public services, the
level of warmth, display of empathy and helpfulness vary from government department
to department. A public service encounter may bewilder but in some cases ending
in delight.
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