ChinaGeeks

In real life and on the internet, one can often see and hear people loudly complaining about the injustices of life and the dark aspects of society. Speaking with righteous anger, if they aren’t talking about corruption they’re discussing the impotence of the government, mocking and complaining, blaming everyone but themselves. They speak as though some incidents [such as the] corruption of officials occurred right in front of their eyes instead of behind closed doors. This kind of person is quite common, and I look down on them. I used to argue with them, but now I just laugh at them. Towards the nation and the government, I feel more supportive and eagerly anticipating, encouraging and grateful. I think this is also a kind of patriotism!

The following is part 2 of our translation of a blog post called “Conversations with an Old Comrade on the Eve of the 60th Anniversary of the PRC“. Part one is here. The China Media Project has already done a piece on this, which everyone should read, but we thought it would be valuable to [...]

…That old comrade passed away a few years ago, his long-cherished wish still just a wish. How can this be explained to the people, and to history? From the first split between the Nationalist and Communist Parties, the Nationalists suppressed us for 22 years, shutting out our publications, catching and killing our members, and inhibiting differing opinions in schools. History has proved that they lost. We must not take those kinds of measures when dealing with differing opinions, or different people…