“China is a big country,” Min continued. “Recently China has a lot of problems because it's changing so much and a lot of people have problems….pollution…trying to make money regardless. There’s a lot of bad things happening in China, but many good people in important positions in China.”
Min said it was important for the Chinese to realize that they are not just a factory, that they have their own technologies. He also said China needs to protect its own land, which sometimes leads to a conflict of interest with nearby countries (and with the U.S.) “Foreign countries don’t want China to grow too fast. To me, the challenge is how to continue to have a peaceful life and still grow together.”
Moving forward, he said China and the U.S. both have a challenge to understand each other. “I see a lot of presidential debates and I just laugh."
“The Western world is very interesting. In the Western world, you’re either good or bad.”
Min said it was important for the Chinese to realize that they are not just a factory, that they have their own technologies. He also said China needs to protect its own land, which sometimes leads to a conflict of interest with nearby countries (and with the U.S.) “Foreign countries don’t want China to grow too fast. To me, the challenge is how to continue to have a peaceful life and still grow together.”
Moving forward, he said China and the U.S. both have a challenge to understand each other. “I see a lot of presidential debates and I just laugh."
"Those people know nothing about China. They make comments that are unbelievably stupid to get votes. Recently they were saying that the Chinese military was in Syria."
(That was Ben Carson in one of the early Republican debates.)
On the other hand, Min pointed out that Chinese high-ranking officers are very open-minded, and they’ve visited the U.S. many times to try to learn and understand. “The Western world is very interesting. In the Western world, you’re either good or bad.”
(i.e. Japan is good. North Korea is bad.)
“China has a history of compromising. We say good things have bad parts. Bad things have good parts. Chinese try to work things out. Chinese culture emphasizes face. If you treat me well, I’ll treat you better.
“Very soon China is going to have the #1 GDP in the world. It’s time for the U.S. to understand China, and learn how to grow next to China, how to accommodate this new superpower. You cannot just ignore them. It’s going to grow regardless of what you do. You try to prevent them from growing, it may be two years later. If you try to cooperate, it might be two years sooner. That’s all it takes is cooperation. We have to learn from each other and understand each other to make a peaceful world.”
“China has a history of compromising. We say good things have bad parts. Bad things have good parts. Chinese try to work things out. Chinese culture emphasizes face. If you treat me well, I’ll treat you better.
“Very soon China is going to have the #1 GDP in the world. It’s time for the U.S. to understand China, and learn how to grow next to China, how to accommodate this new superpower. You cannot just ignore them. It’s going to grow regardless of what you do. You try to prevent them from growing, it may be two years later. If you try to cooperate, it might be two years sooner. That’s all it takes is cooperation. We have to learn from each other and understand each other to make a peaceful world.”
(This concludes Interview One. Next: Author Margaret Zhao)
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