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[quote=NICHOLAS,263461]哈哈 我不喜欢你的狗！！！ ：－）

Why do I love china?? (I'll try to keep this short)

On my first day of Chinese class I was only 12. The first thing we did was to learn some characters and basic history. At first, I was (and still am) immensely impressed by the Chinese language. It is a wonderful, wonderful language. In English you can read a book about a cat, out loud in front of hundreds, and maybe you don't even know what the meaning of the word 'cat' is. In chinese, you don't know 猫 unless you have already learnt it BUT you do know it belongs to the animal family because of it's radical. The logic in the language made sense to me. I fell in love with it. Truth be told, in high school I was a naughty student. I was usually the one in trouble for talking. In Chinese class however I was always a top student. What I have just told you in a very small part of why I love China. The other part, the greater majority is indeed it's vast and magnificent history. From the Warring states period right through until now, Chinese history is amazing. Growing up in Australia history is something that is very taboo... If we talk about our 'settlement' history or 'white history' then for most states we were settled by convicts and beggars hoping to make a new life for themselves. We do have a 60,000 yo Aboriginal history here though there is no great respect towards them nor are we educated in great detail about them. Comparing the history of my country to the history of China would be like comparing a mice to a dragon. I do however love my country, I am a patriot and I look into our future with same passion that I look into China's past.

I also, genuinely feel empathy to the nation of China. The opium wars (鸦片战争) and their outcomes were beyond unjust and unreasonable. Undoubtedly the 'West' took advantage and exploited China. It grew an illegal substance (Illegal to smoke in both China and Britain at the time) in India, sold it against the nations law and refused to obey Chinese Law on Chinese soil. Even when acts of Murder were committed by British Merchants and Sailors. The opium wars allowed for the treaty's to take place which crippled the Chinese economy for at least a Century. These treaty's included the handing over of Hong Kong and also Extra-territorial rights to 5 major Chinese ports including   Shanghai (hence the Bund). The west still exploit China with it's cheap cost to manufacture but disregard to workers rights, enviromental rights etc... yet when it comes to Chinese civil rights the West is vocal. This is another reason why I love China. China is still a passive country despite so much injustice. 
These are just my views. They could well be wrong. I do really love China though and I wish China all the best in 2008 :-)

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