Cultural Colonization —— Deep Penetration of the West (I)

In recent years, more and more schools adopt English teaching in advance, English test, English+math test and so on. There are more necessities for studying abroad, such as the English TOEFL test. To study abroad, you should go to a language school first, which makes people feel that English is almost a mother tongue. Undeniably, the influence of Chinese in the international community is not high. Although the situation has changed a little in recent years, on the whole, it is an interest for foreigners to learn Chinese, and it is a necessity for China to learn foreign languages! Can the two be compared? May I? Of course not. There is no room for the infiltration of western languages in China today. Parents report remedial classes to their children early, and most children report to English classes. When I grow up, I start all kinds of PET and TOEFL exams. It seems that knowing English is really superior (but it seems so). Everyone tries their best to emigrate, and all kinds of foreign movies and animations are crazily exploiting the local animation industry ... This time, I will count the various harms that the western society has done to China, and why China has imported so much culture and exported so little.

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Reform and opening up is recognized by China as the most successful strategy. Although the rapid development of industrial digital industry in China has caused some "minimal" problems, I agree with you that this strategy has brought great benefits to the people of China. But as far as cultural colonization and cultural aggression are concerned, this "minimal" problem is exactly what we urgently need to pay attention to now.

Since then, China has become more open than before, trying to indulge foreigners and let foreign good things replace China's waste without reservation. Because of opening up, Shenzhen has become the starting point of the dreams of countless big companies. China enjoys unprecedented prosperity. This has undoubtedly given China, which has been closed to the outside world for a long time, a shot in the arm and made the market pulse beat again. However, it is followed by "small side effects". We have no choice but to open our hearts.

But slowly, the situation began to change, although the side effects were still in the "slight" level, although openness was the only option. However, due to the long-term brainwashing in the West, China people seem to forget to keep their own culture, not only for the spread of their own culture, but also for the cultural diversity of the world. After the reform and opening up, a large number of foreign products were introduced, and this awareness gradually disappeared. Someone once expressed concern, "Maybe in the near future, there will be only a group of English-speaking animals left in the forest of human civilization." This is only the beginning of a small side effect, that is, through the vigorous promotion of English, everyone began to learn other languages without eating or sleeping.

With the arrival of language, there are countless foreign goods, which stimulate people's desire to buy from time to time. Unlike free English, foreign products not only deprive China of its culture, but also deprive China people of their wallets. China people show unprecedented respect for foreign things, and many people become "sheepdogs". In fact, foreign products have successfully preserved their own culture. For example, on the basis of foreign computer English design, the five-stroke input method has successfully preserved Chinese in the computer age, making Chinese the only pictographic ancient character that can be used flexibly on computers. But there are still too many examples of introducing foreign products in this way. Take cultural products as an example. For example, the introduction of Marvel comic series animation in the United States and Japanese animation on a large scale led to a state of complete breathlessness in China. Coupled with various reasons you know, domestic animation has been taking the road of younger age or alienation. This tiny side effect, from the perspective of cultural colonization, has put China's civilization in jeopardy. (Just for personal opinion, don't spray if you don't like it. If it involves political issues, I'm not responsible, I just do objective analysis here)

Speaking of superheroes, I think of the Marvel comic series; Speaking of documentaries, BBC is in front of us; Speaking of freedom, I think of the man (Trump) on the other side of the ocean ... Every country has gained a good image in the hearts of China people, but China is synonymous with "backward and' developing' countries" in other countries. In their eyes, people in China are shepherds all their lives. It seems that China people only get rejected. The big brother of the former Soviet Union next door also made many documentaries and science fiction films. How did it disappear as soon as it disintegrated and no one went to see it? Is this ironic?

(To be continued)