In modern times, the Chinese people have suffered too much humiliation, and at that time, our national strength was weak, and in many things it was "a weak country without diplomacy", so we could only endure it again and again.
In modern times, China has become the world's second largest economy, and its comprehensive national strength ranks among the top in the world, but many people still feel that we are still "forbearance everywhere", and in many things, many people feel that when dealing with some things, we still seem to be inferior to Russia, which is often "shouting and shouting and killing", which makes people very "happy" when they hear it.
But why do we still "endure everywhere"?Russian experts gave their own answers.
The three "national shames", we can only choose to forbear
Perhaps it is because we have endured so much humiliation in modern times, and many people now seem to be very disgusted when they mention forbearance.
Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, we have been invaded by foreign powers and reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, needless to say, what impresses modern netizens is probably the three "national shames" in the 90s of the last century, and during that time, China's national strength was not strong, so we can only choose to forbear.
In the 780s of the last century, China and the United States had a short honeymoon period, but as soon as the honeymoon period passed, the United States tried to continue to suppress our country's face was revealed again, and in the 90s of the last century, the United States' suppression of us can be said to have reached its peak, in that 10 years, we experienced three very humiliating events, but in the end we all chose to forbear.
The first is the "Milky Way" incident that occurred in 1993. "Yinhe" is a container ship in China, which regularly carries out the route from Tianjin to Kuwait. On July 23, 1993, the United States suddenly accused the "Yinhe" of transporting raw materials for the manufacture of chemical ** to Iran, and also claimed that they had "conclusive evidence".
For this reason, the United States sent a plane to track and monitor the "Yinhe" and demanded that it return to its home immediately, and later stopped the "Yinhe" on the high seas and detained the ship and its entire crew for three weeks. At the same time, the United States also demanded that China "take immediate action" to prevent the "Galaxy" from transporting relevant raw materials to Iran, otherwise it will sanction China.
In the end, the United States, relying on the US military and its own strong strength, forcibly and personally searched the entire "Yinhe", and our country had no choice but to agree to it in consideration of the safety of the crew. After boarding the "Galaxy", the Americans made all kinds of unreasonable demands, but in the end they still found nothing, failed to find any contraband, and had to give up in disappointment.
But even so, they still took a tough attitude and refused to apologize, and Sha Zukang, who was responsible for handling the "Yinhe" incident in China, used 17 "nests" to scold him when talking about this incident, but he still failed to change anything, and no country was able to "uphold justice" for us.
Second, there was the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis. In 1995, "* * In order to show its support for Taiwan, the US Nimitz nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle group ignored China's solemnity and arrived around the Taiwan Strait to deter us.
At that time, the war of reunification was on the verge of breaking out. Our army gathered more than 100,000 troops to conduct large-scale military exercises and live firing, and launched four Dongfeng-15 missiles to cross the Taiwan Strait, indicating its bottom line.
But at that time, the US military was much stronger than ours, and they sent the USS Independence aircraft carrier battle group into the Taiwan Strait for deterrence. Coupled with the betrayal of traitors in the army, the exercise finally only stayed at the level of the exercise, and we undoubtedly suffered another humiliation.
Finally, in 1999, China's embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was bombed by a US B-2 bomber, resulting in the death of three Chinese journalists and the wounding of dozens of others. Compared with this blood debt, the United States only explained it with a light and fluttering "accidental bombing", which annoyed countless Chinese.
This is the shame brought to us by the lack of national strength, at that time, we could only choose to forbear, but now, the situation is different.
Ranked second in the world, it seems that it is still "forbearing".
From the poor and white New China to the present, our comprehensive strength has been greatly improved. New data for 2023 show that China's GDP in 2022 will be 1210207 billion yuan, equivalent to 18 trillion US dollars, ranking second in the world, and the per capita GDP level has also maintained growth for two consecutive years, reaching 12,741 US dollars.
Economic data is the most intuitive embodiment of China's strength, of course, to look at a country's strength, but also to see the comprehensive strength.
In terms of military strength, China's navy, land, and air forces are constantly developing and growing, and our army's comprehensive strength has been able to rank among the top three in the world. In just 10 years, China has built 3 aircraft carriers, from a country without aircraft carriers to the deep blue in one fell swoop. Among them, the 055 large drive of the close defense artillery system can fire more than 10,000 shells within one minute, which is the world's first "10,000 guns", which has greatly enhanced the strength of China's navy.
In 2022, the tonnage of ships launched by our country has already surpassed that of the United States, which means that if we give us a little more time, our military strength will most likely surpass that of the United States.
From the perspective of air force, China's J-20 fighter is already the world's top fighter, China's Y-20 transport aircraft and other models, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles have developed very rapidly, China's air force strategic system has gradually been completed, forming a high combat effectiveness. Some analysts believe that China's air force strength can already surpass Russia and become the second in the world.
China's army strength is very strong, with 1 million troops having 5,500 main battle tanks, of which the performance of the 99A main battle tank is also very superior. Moreover, China also has nuclear **, the strike range of Dongfeng-41 can cover the mainland of the United States, and the Dongfeng-17 hypersonic missile is an advanced missile called "uninterceptable".
Moreover, the DF-17 is the world's first hypersonic missile, which is an advanced ** that even the United States does not have**, and even the United States ** claims that this is a "rule changer". From this point of view, we have achieved corner overtaking over the United States in some respects.
In terms of scientific and technological strength, China has also made rapid progress. In the past decade, China's scientific and technological strength has improved rapidly, and China's ranking in the Global Innovation Index has risen 22 places, making it the only country in the world to achieve rapid growth.
China's scientific research level, discipline strength, and independent innovation capabilities are greatly improved, which has promoted the rapid upgrading of the industry, and the research and development of supercomputing, high-speed rail, smart grid, 5G and even 6G are rapidly advancing, the digital economy is booming, and intelligent engineering, intelligent medical care, and intelligent transportation are all forming a scale.
At the same time, China has also emerged such as Huawei, which is rich in advanced technology, and they continue to use their own efforts to break the blockade and monopoly of the West on us, and greatly enhance our comprehensive national strength.
From the perspective of cultural strength, the influence of Chinese culture in the world is also increasing, more and more people are learning Chinese and learning Chinese culture, and our nation is going to the world.
It's just that many people think that although our strength has been greatly improved now, we always seem to be the "forbearing" side in international events, and we always focus on warnings and ** when dealing with related issues;
If something major happens in the world, we always remain neutral, call for dialogue, and resolve peacefully, which makes people feel a bit "nested".
"If you forget to fight, you will be in danger, and if you are warlike, you will die".
Russian experts have put forward their own views on this issue, and they believe that China's performance is not "forbearance", but rather China's superiority.
Although Russia has always been very "tough" in dealing with related affairs, which makes people feel very "relieved", from a practical point of view, Russia does not seem to have benefited much.
And when China deals with international affairs, it truly embodies the wisdom of the Chinese, which is influenced and reflected by Confucianism for thousands of years, and the moderation of attitude, or in other words, the Chinese better understand what is more important to them today.
The theme of the current era is still peaceful development, China is still a developing country, although our overall level has been relatively strong, but the per capita level is still relatively backward, so the most important thing is to lead more people out of poverty and become rich and live a good life.
Moreover, we have experienced great suffering, but we understand the importance of peace, and everything we have now is more worthy of our cherishment.
We have not forgotten the sufferings of the past, but "forgetting the war will be dangerous, and the belligerent will die", and if we were like the United States to ignite the flames of war everywhere, then there will certainly be no development today.
Taking a step back, although the United States seems to have won the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, they have invested a lot of money and resources, and made great sacrifices, but what is the result now?
After the withdrawal of US troops, except for the lives of the local people completely destroyed by the war, it seems that everything has returned to "the same", and the anti-American is still anti-American, and the United States has not received more benefits.
Judging from the actual situation, although we have "shelved disputes" on the South China Sea issue and "repeatedly tolerated" on the Taiwan issue, all this has bought us the best time for development and achieved great achievements now.
And now, we will not tolerate other countries bullying us again, and the military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, the ocean-going training of the aircraft carrier battle group, and the refutations and warnings of the aircraft carrier battle group all reflect China's attitude. What is conceivable is that if the United States still wants to repeat its old tricks, it will certainly not be able to bargain for anything this time. Therefore, the United States is now more "lip service" and has not made too many practical moves, after all, they also know that the consequences of crossing China's red line will be very serious.
Because we will not be subservient to any country and willing to be at the mercy of others.