The Thoughts of Chairman Xi
This is the classic &quot;what breaks you only make you stronger&quot; but in a very aggressive way. Throughout history those who were oppressed and then made it to the top would usually end up wanting to seize full control and more oppressive than their oppressors. Xi looks friendly to the people, but there is a Chinese saying: 笑裡藏刀 (xiào lǐ cáng dāo)or &quot;smile in hiding knife.” He is the alpha male of the entire Party.<p>On one hand I like Xi&#x27;s effort to clean up the corrupted senior officials. It was about time, but now he has the absolute power (military, justice, and executive) under the chair of the Party&#x27;s control is alarming. I know a lot of Chinese natives (for what it is worth, I was born and raised in HK until I was 12) who refuse to believe in all the bad things happening in China, and refuse to recognize tragedy such as Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. They also become very emotional when it comes to Taiwan&#x27;s relationship with China. But China isn&#x27;t the only country in the world censoring and rewriting history. Japan tried to cover up its war crime during WW2. Other Western countries tried too. [1]<p>I hate the fact today we still have governments and citizens who refuse to recognize the wrongdoings in their country&#x27;s history, and fail to work toward a peaceful resolution once and for all. All the fights for territories and borders, all the ethic group fighting over historical hates and war crimes (e.g. Myanmar vs Rohingya). Time to wake THE FUCK UP...<p>If we let go of our pasts, and our irrational prides, especially those we inherited from generations before us, then this world would finally have peace. Of course, the sad reality is we won&#x27;t and will never be able to. Money prints off blood, and power is measured by the number of coffins and the fall of oppositions. Make no mistake, we can&#x27;t compromise human values in exchange for stability. But this is how Xi and every leader in the world thinks of governance. Forgive, and be more compassionate. What is more important than saving lives and make people feel they are humans again, and not a war machine?<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ihr.org&#x2F;jhr&#x2F;v06&#x2F;v06p--9_Bennett.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ihr.org&#x2F;jhr&#x2F;v06&#x2F;v06p--9_Bennett.html</a>