A Story of A Poem: “What Do You Really Want from Us?”
Posted on January 23, 2011 by ShuzeChenWashington Post published a poem named
“What Do You Really Want from Us?” in January 2011. According to Washington
Post, the poem was written by Duo-liang Lin, a retired professor of
SUNY-Buffalo.What Do You Really Want from Us?
Duo-liang Lin
When we were the sick man of Asia, we were called the yellow peril. When we
are billed to be the next superpower, we are called the threat. When we closed
our doors, you smuggled drugs to open markets. When we embrace free trade, you
blame us for taking away your jobs. When we were falling apart, you marched in
your troops and wanted your fair share. When we tried to put the broken pieces
back together again, free Tibet you screamed, It was an invasion! When tried
communism, you hated us for being communist. When we embrace capitalism, you
hate us for being capitalist. When we have a billion people, you said we were
destroying the planet. When we tried limiting our numbers, you said we abused
human rights. When we were poor, you thought we were dogs. When we loan you
cash, you blame us for your national debts. When we build our industries, you
call us polluters. When we sell you goods, you blame us for global warming.
When we buy oil, you call it exploitation and genocide. When you go to war for
oil, you call it liberation. When we were lost in chaos and rampage, you
demanded rules of law. When we uphold law and order against violence, you call
it violating human rights. When we were silent, you said you wanted us to have
free speech. When we are silent no more, you say we are
brainwashed-xenophobes. “Why do you hate us so much﹖”we asked. “No,” you
answered, “we don’t hate you.” We don’t hate you either, but, do you
understand us? “Of course we do, ”you said, “We have AFP, CNN and BBC’s ……”
What do you really want from us? Think hard first, then answer, Because you
only get so many chances. Enough is enough, enough hypocrisy for this one
world. We want one world, one dream, and peace on earth. This big blue earth
is big enough for all of us.
The poem became a hot topic in China as soon as it was introduced to Chinese
people. The research result amounts of 林良多, which is a transliteration of
Duo-liang Lin, increased to 117,000, all of which are related to the poem. It
aroused the sympathetic responses of millions of Chinese medias and
citizens.The interesting thing is, SUNY-Buffalo does not have any faculty named
林良多. However, there is a 林多梁 in Physics school. According to Prof. Lin, he
found this poem by accident in 2008, then he sent this poem to his friends.
Maybe some of his friends misunderstood the origin of the poem and sent it to
Washington Post.Prof. Lin also said that he only thought the poem was
interesting, but he could not agree some content in it. Prof. Lin is a
pacifist. He believes that peace and development are the most important themes
for the whole world at present. He appeals for the win-win relationship between
China and US.Though the event itself was proved to be a misunderstanding, we
can still find something useful through Chinese people’s and medias’
attitudes.People’s Daily, one of the biggest newspapers in China, commented to
the poem, ”The poem reflected the depression and resentment of millions of
Chinese Americans. It is like an arrow towards the prejudice of western
opinions.”From my perspective, the fast spreading of this poem reflects a
structural inconsistency in the Sino-US relations. The prejudices exist both in
China and in the US. American people feel anxious for China’s natural
development and its new international standing: Chinese products resulted in
millions of unemployments; China is going to be another superpower which will
threat the international standing of the US. On the other hand, Chinese people
are still somewhat hostile to the western world. China wants more discourse
power as its comprehensive strength keeps growing.
Op maandag 8 januari 6:28 2018 schreef "Chalik Hamid
chalik.ha...@yahoo..co.id [GELORA45]" <GELORA45@yahoogroups.com> het volgende:
Tiongko akan terus maju berkembang.Siapapun tidak mampu menghambatnya.
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<GELORA45@yahoogroups.com>Terkirim: Senin, 8 Januari 2018 04.50.12 GMT+1Judul:
Re: [GELORA45] Made in China
Bung Chan, tindakan pemimpin RRT, setelah Mao, sudah betul yg. membuat
kemajuan RRT luar bisa dimana telah membuat kemakmuran "rakyatnya". Negara
komunis, satu persatu runtuh dan meniru cara kapitalis utk memajukan negara
mereka seperti Vietnam. seperti saya lihat disana. Juga Cuba sedang berubah.
Mana ada negara komunis yg seperti di-idam2 kan sekarang ini? Cuma chayalan
saja.
Salam,
BH Jo
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