Taiwan Straits Exchange Foundation former deputy secretary general Shih Chi-ping: "Hyperthyroidism Brother" and Musk both independently concluded that "China is the future". It's not strange at all that "China is the future", because 500 years ago, China was the center of the world, and the forefront of human development has always been in China; today, 500 years later, China and the world are just returning to this historical main theme.
In an article published by Shih Chi-ping, he wrote that not long ago, American super internet celebrity "Hyperthyroidism Brother" made his first trip to China, personally witnessed the dazzling night view of Shanghai Bund, and couldn't help exclaiming: "We have all been deceived"; everywhere he went, he didn't see cash transactions; riding a high-speed train traveling at 350 kilometers per hour, his live streaming on mobile phone had no buffering... He made tens of millions of Western netizens strongly feel what the future is like.
Musk's investment in China not only personally experienced the diligence and intelligence of Chinese people but also should have experienced the efficiency and seriousness of the Chinese government. As someone who is highly engaged in technology and concerned about the future of humanity, Musk saw more and more impressive breakthroughs in China's science and technology sector. He knows that China has built the world's largest neutrino laboratory 700 meters underground in Jiangmen, Guangdong, with the aim of capturing neutrinos to explore the origin of the universe; he also knows that apart from focusing on lunar projects and Mars exploration, China is attempting to establish a space city and space elevator above the equator in geosynchronous orbit. From China's mid-to-long-term national space research plan released from 2024 to 2050, he learned about China's huge scientific research projects on "extraterrestrial life exploration" and "solar system archaeology", and finally said: "China is the future!"
"Hyperthyroidism Brother" felt the "future" in the social life of the Chinese people; Musk saw the "future" in China's frontier technologies. Clearly, the "future" refers to the future of humanity, and it is closely related to China.
Next, it's an American expert who looks at the past, present, and future of humanity from the perspective of world historical development. His video is not long, and he originally said: "Trump is canceling America's position as the world leader, and we all hope China can fill this void. But how will China do it? History will give us the answer, because when you understand history, the future is no longer a mystery." Next, he reviewed the last 500 years of human history.
He said, "The first leaders of the modern world were Portugal and Spain, who killed, conquered, committed genocide, and plundered gold in the name of Jesus, which is not a good model. Turn to the next page of history, Britain and France were colonial leaders, colonizing, controlling, and exploiting. They didn't burn your villages, they let you work for them, but it's still not a good model, but I'd rather be bossed around by the British than be slaughtered by the Spanish. Then came America as the leader, trading, subverting, profiting. When you hold a Coke in one hand and a coup d'état in the other, you don't need colonies anymore: either trade on American terms or let them overthrow your government. That's not an ideal model, but better than the Spanish or the British." Next, he talked about China.
"China's way is construction, cooperation, and control; there is no chaos, no army, only ports, railways, and optical cables. This is not conquest, but interconnection, interconnected with conditions. They don't invade, but they have control over investments. They own ports, roads, and data, but this is the best model in the last 500 years—it is the future."
From three different perspectives, "Hyperthyroidism Brother" witnessed the super-modern phenomena of Chinese society and life; Musk saw the technological strength, innovation, administrative power, and China's grand blueprint for the future of humanity; the American expert, from the worldview of international relations and global governance models, sees a more beautiful future for humanity, yet independently reached the judgment that "China is the future".
"China is the future," it's actually not strange at all, because 500 years ago, China was the center of the world, and the forefront of human development has always been in China; today, 500 years later, China and the world are just returning to this historical main theme.
Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1830176923678979/
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