No, Kitty! China's Movement to Not Share the Pie

For as long as the West has known about China they've used one method after another of to exploit it. From as long as they knew China existed the West has dooped, schemed, and plundered China and its population trying to gain natural resources and cheap labor. From the abuse of Chinese immigrant workers building the transcontinental compel in America, up to modern years exploiting China's cheap labor force in just about every industry you can think of, the west has looked for ways to operate the easy. China has come to realize that and is ultimately putting their foot down.

I don't want to say that all of China's decisions are right. To be honest, I don't watch a lot of the news and don't know a lot about history, but I do live in China and I do hear a lot about what China thinks about The West. They're ultimately starting to fight back. In modern years America has increased the whole laws and requirements for Chinese to tour and work in America, development it difficult for Chinese who can accumulate a passport to get visas for America. China has responded an "eye for an eye" policy. When I went to apply for my working visa in China I was at first told it the application would cost only 40 Rmb which is about seven Us dollars. Then they found out I wasn't Canadian, and proudly told me that American applications would cost over 2000 Rmb. The reason? "America makes it hard for us Chinese to live there, so we do the same to Americans"

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Concerning environmental issues, China is working in the right direction. Lots of clubs are advertising "green energy" (though not nearly as much as America and Europe), signs are put up nearby cities with logos like "Be a cultured citizen, keep our cities clean". Though these efforts are commonly only heard by population with money and status, at least the first step has been taken. However, when western governments step in and say things like, "You can only..." or, "You right on cannot..." China's government kind of shrugs its shoulders and says, "Oh yeah, watch me." The most important issue at hand now isn't how green their trees are; it's respect. To a developing country as large and with as much inherent power as China, respect is very important. Everyone wants to get piece of the Chinese pie and China's ultimately raised its hand in defiance and said, "No kitty, it's my chicken pot-pie!"

Like scratching a mosquito bite until the skin breaks, China has come to be raw from The West telling them how to do take care of their business. It's easy to blame our governments for lacking morals and tact when it comes to dealing with China, but this attitude is also seen in the population arrival to tour and work in China. I used to live in a dorm with 12 other English teachers. The normal attitude of the residents towards China and Chinese culture was not very positive. The instruction is too strict, environment too dirty, bars too loud, men too short, girls too shy, music too corny, and the list goes on. Very few population learned Chinese past basic conversation, and even few took benefit of all the free resources ready on the internet about culture and history. They came, they criticized, and went home having "done China". It was just a trip to tell friends about back at home and a box to tick - "The East - Check - Done" This shallow insight of the inner working and mental of the Chinese has settled disagreement in the middle of "us" and "them". As of now, China as a developing country still depends on the west for positive things, so they play the politics game and sometimes pretend to not understand the rules. If in years to come they decide they don't need us, the gloves will come off and they'll start playing their own game either we want to partake or not.

No, Kitty! China's Movement to Not Share the Pie

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