During my dinner this evening, I discussed with several friends of mine. Later, there was a student from China joining us. He -as far as I concerned, his surname was Zou- actually enlivened the discussion by sharing his perspective on how China could grow so fast economically these days.
He said that the basic thing that become the very reason for that growth was preserving their culture. He emphasized that the culture of Chinese was hard working, and the poverty of the people pulled out this nature even more. He said poverty and hard working was a good combination to move onwards. Most of Chinese had to get up very earlier and go home very late to support their life and their family. The spirit that run the economy of China.
The growth of China was not leaving the only good stories. So many sad stories accompanying the journey of China we saw these days. He told us that becoming a rich country did not mean the people were rich as well. In China, he said, the gap between the poor and the rich was getting even steeper. However, he added, that one of the consequences. What they did was to create the atmosphere so every person in China worked harder as best as he or she could. That was also related to the politic strategy of the government.
China, he said, might be different because there was only one party and it made the policy of the government was clear. It reduced the possibility of confusions to the people. Maybe it was not the best way because sometimes the policy was overrated, but mostly they were okay. He added that one of the qualities of Chinese was that they basically were not interested in battles. In any way. Chinese did not want to be troubled by the political fights between parties. So I concluded that people in China enjoyed the political situation in his country.
Something interesting that he said was about the next economic policy of China. They would not continue the policy of boosting the growth of the economy. Instead, the government merely wanted to keep it stable in order to preserve environment and culture. During decades, there were so many sacrifices on these fields. However, he said, they were possibly necessary to be done as the country needed money at that time. This time, as they had money, they wanted to preserve for what still remains. In the end of the dinner, he emphasized what he said before, China grew because they -Chinese- respect and embrace their culture even though it probably dragged some drawbacks by doing so.
Lastly, he tried to convey that if Indonesia wanted to grow like China, the country and the people should recognize what the best character they have and manage it to move onwards. That particular value would be the source to grow. He said proudly that China should be the role model for every country that wanted to grow. He ensured that Indonesia could do it even better if we wanted it and understood the know-how.
The conversation this evening, it reminds me to the basic questions that was raised to me some times ago:
"What do you want?"
"Who are you?"
Then the questions for Indonesia:
"What does Indonesia want?"
"What are we really value as a nation?"
"What is our best character/nature/quality as Indonesian to achieve what we want?"
He said that the basic thing that become the very reason for that growth was preserving their culture. He emphasized that the culture of Chinese was hard working, and the poverty of the people pulled out this nature even more. He said poverty and hard working was a good combination to move onwards. Most of Chinese had to get up very earlier and go home very late to support their life and their family. The spirit that run the economy of China.
The growth of China was not leaving the only good stories. So many sad stories accompanying the journey of China we saw these days. He told us that becoming a rich country did not mean the people were rich as well. In China, he said, the gap between the poor and the rich was getting even steeper. However, he added, that one of the consequences. What they did was to create the atmosphere so every person in China worked harder as best as he or she could. That was also related to the politic strategy of the government.
China, he said, might be different because there was only one party and it made the policy of the government was clear. It reduced the possibility of confusions to the people. Maybe it was not the best way because sometimes the policy was overrated, but mostly they were okay. He added that one of the qualities of Chinese was that they basically were not interested in battles. In any way. Chinese did not want to be troubled by the political fights between parties. So I concluded that people in China enjoyed the political situation in his country.
Something interesting that he said was about the next economic policy of China. They would not continue the policy of boosting the growth of the economy. Instead, the government merely wanted to keep it stable in order to preserve environment and culture. During decades, there were so many sacrifices on these fields. However, he said, they were possibly necessary to be done as the country needed money at that time. This time, as they had money, they wanted to preserve for what still remains. In the end of the dinner, he emphasized what he said before, China grew because they -Chinese- respect and embrace their culture even though it probably dragged some drawbacks by doing so.
Lastly, he tried to convey that if Indonesia wanted to grow like China, the country and the people should recognize what the best character they have and manage it to move onwards. That particular value would be the source to grow. He said proudly that China should be the role model for every country that wanted to grow. He ensured that Indonesia could do it even better if we wanted it and understood the know-how.
The conversation this evening, it reminds me to the basic questions that was raised to me some times ago:
"What do you want?"
"Who are you?"
Then the questions for Indonesia:
"What does Indonesia want?"
"What are we really value as a nation?"
"What is our best character/nature/quality as Indonesian to achieve what we want?"
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