Text/Pin Luanshe
"The Chinese are always well protected by the bravest of them." - Kissinger
"I have never seen such a mobilization in my life!" - WHO Director-General Tedros
Turning the time back to 12 months ago, no one can imagine that 2020 would be such a year that has changed the world so profoundly.
A major epidemic has completely changed the historical process of mankind, which is destined to be an important turning point in the history of human civilization. To this day, the epidemic is still affecting the world pattern with an unpredictable momentum.
In fact, in human history, plague is not a rare guest, it is a law of nature that humans cannot escape. Fighting the plague is a test of survival, rise and fall for any nation, civilization and country.
At present, it seems that only China has withstood this test.
[epidemic]
At the end of 2019, when people were happily preparing to welcome the New Year, an unexpected virus pandemic broke out in the central city of Wuhan.
People have no idea about this new virus that they have never encountered before. In the cold winter, the virus spread rapidly, and for a while, people were panicked and rumors spread everywhere. The entire Wuhan, Hubei, and even China were shrouded in tension and panic.
That was the most difficult moment. Fortunately, when the disaster came, there were always people who stood firmly behind the people, that is our party and country, and the great people.
With the central government’s order, the Chinese nation’s battle against the new coronavirus was kicked off. This is a magnificent war against the epidemic.
[Unity]
"I have never seen such a mobilization in my life!"
This is the emotion that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed after witnessing China's fight against the epidemic.
On January 23, 2020, Wuhan was closed, the passage from Wuhan was closed, and Hubei officially launched a level one-level response to major public health emergencies, fully entering a wartime state.
10 million Wuhan citizens were trapped in the siege with panic. Among them, there were pregnant women who were about to give birth, hungry babies, elderly and weak elderly people, and unknown number of virus-infected people hiding in the crowd.
In addition to Wuhan, surrounding cities such as Ezhou , Huanggang , Xiaogan , Huangshi , Suizhou , Jingzhou and other surrounding cities, and even the entire Hubei Province, have also taken restrictions on entry and exit under the increasingly severe epidemic situation. The huge Hubei is like a besieged lonely city. The people in the city are silent and the people outside the city are eager to see.
The country will not give up its people, and the people will not abandon their compatriots. At the central government’s order, the anti-Japanese war drums sounded and mobilized orders started. Hubei became the center of China. Medical workers from all over the country helped Hubei overnight. In that terrifying cold winter, at the quarrel of people across the country who were terrified of the epidemic, they resolutely went against the trend and rushed to the front line of the epidemic.
According to the National Health Commission, a total of 142,000 medical workers supported Hubei during the epidemic, which is a medical support action for the largest scale since the founding of New China.
Tens of thousands of tons of medical supplies and daily necessities were transported from all over the country to Hubei, rice from northeast China, fruit from south China, vegetables from Shandong, apples from Xinjiang, beef from Inner Mongolia... When one side is in trouble, it is a cultural tradition that the Chinese nation has inherited for thousands of years.
At the same time, Huoshenshan Hospital, which refers to the "Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital" model, began to prepare for construction. Two days later, another Leishenshan Hospital began to start construction. In just ten days, dozens of construction units, hundreds of heavy machinery, and thousands of workers, worked together to work together to build a hospital out of thin air on an open space. China's speed was shocked by the world.
1.4 billion Chinese people, united as one rope, united as one, and united as one. The cohesion of the Chinese nation and the superiority of the Chinese system are fully reflected at this moment. Gathering sand into a tower and concentrating efforts to accomplish major tasks is the anti-epidemic model that China's strength and China cannot replicate.
The strong national mobilization ability is one of the keys to China's great achievements in anti-epidemic. This is due to the strong organizational capabilities and execution capabilities of the Party and the government, and to the fine tradition of the Chinese nation - collectivist complex .
Compared with liberalism that Western countries have always advocated, collectivism is the most distinctive characteristic of the Chinese nation, but it is widely criticized by hostile forces. In today's world where Western liberalism is prevalent, collectivism is often subject to unreasonable prejudice and even stigmatization. People criticize collectivism for making the Chinese feudal and conservative, lacking innovative and enterprising spirit. Some even criticize collectivism for suppressing individual freedom and being the product of authoritarianism.
However, critics have intentionally or unintentionally overlooked the most basic fact that humans are sociable animals, and no one can exist independently without others.
collectivism is essentially the basis for the birth of human civilization. Without the joint efforts of human beings, how can there be the progress of productivity and the development of civilization? A single-player Matthew cannot afford the Great Wall, and Rome was not built in one day. Liberalism and scatteredism cannot fight against the virus.
How to find a balance between the collective and the individual that truly conforms to the interests of the masses is the key to civilization progress.
[Self-discipline]
When the epidemic broke out, it was the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival. This was the most important and grand festival for Chinese people in thousands of years. People worked hard all year just to have a good New Year. This is the most traditional folk custom of the Chinese and the simplest life vision of the Chinese.
But this simple sense of happiness was broken by an unexpected epidemic on the eve of the Spring Festival in 2020. On January 23, 2020, on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Wuhan was locked down. At the same time, in order to better prevent and control the epidemic and reduce the spread of the virus, governments at all levels from the central and local governments have issued proposals calling for fewer gatherings and a safe New Year.
A national mobilization action that is enough to be recorded in history has begun since then. 1.4 billion people are consciously isolated at home, do not go out, visit, do not gather, do not eat, wash their hands frequently, and wear masks. Compared with the casual selfishness of the Western people when the epidemic broke out in Western countries, the Chinese people's self-control and dedication were shocking.
It was during this period that short videos that emerged in the past two years have ushered in explosive development. During the home quarantine, the talented Chinese people fully exerted their imagination on the short video platform. This year is probably the year with the highest output of literary and artistic works in human history.
With the outbreak of the epidemic, in this noisy and lively day in previous years, the Chinese people have had a rare and quiet special Spring Festival. The people gave up the long-planned gatherings, drinking, visiting relatives and friends, and going out for a trip. returns the festival to the most basic family and family .
1.4 billion citizens' self-confinement has shocked the Western world. Although they always attack China's epidemic prevention measures indiscriminately, when the epidemic is raging in their country, all attacks and slander seem childish and ridiculous.
More than a hundred years ago, China was awakened by the strong ships and cannons of Western powers in the dream of the Celestial Empire, and since then it fell into a hundred years of turmoil. The Chinese at that time were described as a mess. Today, more than a hundred years later, the Chinese nation, which has experienced hardships, is embarking on the road of great rejuvenation, groping again and again, setbacks and tests again and again, making this nation more vigorous and vibrant.
This is a nation that believes in the "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", this is a nation that writes "struggle for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" into textbooks, and this is a nation that regards national rejuvenation as the historical mission of ordinary people.
No ghosts can stop the re-emergence of this nation.
[Hero]
"The Chinese are always well protected by the bravest of them!"
This is the sigh made by politician Kissinger in "On China". He devoted his life to studying China's national conditions. His conclusions about the Chinese people are thought-provoking.
China is not without individualism. China's individualism is personal heroism, not the selfishness, selfishness and narrowness expressed by Western liberalism.
China is a heroic country. Perhaps there have never been many heroes, there are only ordinary people who stand up in the face of disaster. In those cold winter nights, the retrogrades who were heading towards the frontline of the epidemic without hesitation, in addition to the medical staff who were responsible for the frontline medical rescue work, there were also many ordinary people, including courier deliverymen, takeaway boys, taxi drivers, restaurant owners, and grassroots volunteers... They are the most ordinary people, ordinary and great, and they are also the bravest people, brave and great.
are both individual existences. Some people hear and write books behind closed doors. Some people wear military uniforms to save lives and help the wounded. Some people are discouraged and pessimistic, some are selfless and fearless, and move forward bravely; some are forgetful and harm others for their own benefit, and some are brave enough to contribute without leaving their names.
Chinese people have never lacked heroes.
From Huo Qubing , who sealed the wolf and drove the Huns away, to Qian Xuesen, who "science has no borders, but scientists have their motherland", from Zu Ti, who danced while he heard the chicken, to Deng Jiaxian, who was "willing to be an unknown hero for the rest of his life", Zhang Zai, who "keeps the unique knowledge for the past sages and brings peace for all ages", to Yuan Longping, who "want to let the Chinese have enough food", from Yu Qian, who "don't be afraid of being broken, and keeps his innocence in the world", to Lin Zexu , who "if you benefit the country, you will not avoid it because of misfortune and good fortune"...
Individualism such as this is a symbol of the integrity of the Chinese nation and the spiritual core of Chinese civilization that has lasted for thousands of years.
There is no peaceful time in the world, it’s just that someone is carrying the burden on you.
No winter is insurmountable, and no spring will not come. The severe cold will always be blown away by the spring breeze, and the frost will eventually melt into the warm sun.
The epidemic will eventually fade away one day.
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pictures are from the network
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