I think there are two biggest troubles before us right now: one is what will happen if Russia does invade Ukraine?The other is that Gu Ailing announced that she still has American citizenship, what will happen?
The first relates to the future of the world. And the second question relates to the emotions that we have personally given to it.
It is said that "only when there is a country can there be a home", that is, it tells us that the order of considering problems is from large to small, from outside to inside.
But let's be honest, if Russia does invade Ukraine, we will have to sit idly by. If the United States joins NATO in the war, we will have to sit idly by. And once Russia launches a nuclear bomb in anger, we can only sit idly by, and we will not even be able to hide in the nearest bomb shelter, as we did in the sixties and seventies of the last century. Therefore, those world events are indeed far away from us small people, even if we care, it is useless, it will only add more sighs: it is better to be in the past, and once the fight starts now, it is more likely to return to the primitive era not only before liberation.
But before we die, we always have some regrets, and if we had been able to take sides, we might have prevented the events in front of us from happening. I hope that there are survivors who can record this history and leave it to future generations to comment.
But compared with the Russia-Ukraine issue, the authenticity of Gu Ailing's nationality will have a more direct impact on us ordinary people. Because after all, we have spent a lot of time, a lot of reverie, and a lot of waiting for her. In fact, we Chinese do not have a long memory, and we have been tortured and even hurt many times before this. The point is that we are too strong, too face-saving. So it's often inadvertently slapped in the face.
When you really have it, it often turns out that it doesn't matter. When you really don't care, the truth may be right in front of your eyes.