Once upon a time, our nation was bullied by the great powers because of its poverty and weakness. In order to learn the world's advanced cultural and technological knowledge, we sent countless international students to the West to study for the rise of the nation.
However, with the development of the times, our country is becoming increasingly prosperous and strong. More and more foreign students have come to our country to study abroad for thousands of miles. It can be said that "I went to China this time, traveled 70,000 miles long distance, and left the country of my motherland and parents, and I have no regrets."
And after completing their studies, these international students also returned to their hometowns and brought our China's advanced culture and advanced technology to all parts of the world. With the knowledge learned in China, most of these international students have achieved success and fame in their hometowns, and some even went straight to the top and became the presidents of the country.
African student
Ethiopia in the 1950s was also a monarchy country. Emperor Selassi I was originally expelled from Italy and ran to Britain for refuge. Later, with the help of the anti-fascist allies, he returned to Ethiopia and ascended the throne of the emperor again.
But this era has changed after all, the union of third world countries after the war and the rise of democratic movements, Selassi was allowed to be the emperor and be the emperor.
Finally, in 1974, a coup broke out in Ethiopia. A group of young officers rose up, led by Mengestu, overturned Selasi's dictatorship and established a temporary military government.
Two months later, the provisional military government was changed to the provisional military administrative committee, and Ethiopia also officially announced its participation in the socialist camp , becoming an socialist country .
At that time, my country's policies to African countries were very relaxed and thick, and even very straightforward "aid aid to Africa". This was conducive to reflecting my country's international image as a responsible major country, and also laid a very deep foundation of friendship for both China and Africa. Many African youths knew that there was a mysterious and friendly oriental power on the other side of the world, and they were proud to be able to study in China.
Among these people, there is one named Muratu Teshamei.
Mulatu was born in 1955. His family is pretty good in Ethiopia. Both parents have received a certain education and are also a well-known "middle class" in the local area.
But the middle class in Africa may need to be on the poverty alleviation list among other countries, and Muratu's parents also know the shortcomings of their own country, so the thing that Muratu is most concerned about is his education. He has been devoted to studying since he was a child, and in high school he sent him to the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, to study.
Muratu has seen a lot here, thought a lot, and gradually developed his own world outlook and values. Especially after being influenced by the socialist thoughts, Muratu yearned for that red god.
In 1976, Muratu, who had just passed his twentieth year, applied for the opportunity to study in China, which made him very happy.
After coming to Beijing, he first conducted a one-year preparatory course at the Beijing Language Institute (now Beijing Language University ). During this year's study, Muratu met many Chinese friends and also learned a lot of Chinese culture, which made him feel that Chinese culture is profound and he soon became intoxicated.
In 1977, Muratu entered the Peking University study with relatively excellent preparatory scores. When making major choices, something big broke out in Ethiopia.
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It turns out that Mengestu, who led young officers to overthrow the dictatorial imperial system of Selasi, is now growing ambitions. He launched another military coup and purged those who disobeyed him, and in this way, he "electioned" himself as the chairman of the "Provisional Military Administrative Committee" and the head of state.
This made Muratu very painful and puzzled, why did those comrades with firm beliefs turn to each other? Why did the dragon-slaying warriors eventually turn into evil dragons? Why is human nature so vulnerable in the face of power?
Where should I find the answer?
After some thoughts, Chairman Mao’s conversation that year gave him direction.
The magic of philosophy
It turns out that when Nixon visited China, he once said that he was preparing to talk about philosophical issues with Chairman Mao. After Chairman Mao met with Nixon , he also said that specific political and diplomatic issues can be discussed with specific relevant staff. In addition to these issues, there are many other issues that can be discussed, such as philosophy.
In the end, the two really only talked about various issues of both countries within the scope of philosophy, but in the end, the content of the Sino-US Joint Communiqué was still within the "philosophical scope" they were talking about.
Philosophy, can it have such magic?
In this way, Muratu entered the philosophy department of Peking University to study. This study actually opened the door to a new world for Muratu.
After entering the Peking University Department of Philosophy, Muratu has an ancient Chinese political philosophy in his professional course. He has learned a lot of reform ideas, reform methods, and economic war thinking, which have given Muratu a lot of inspiration. Especially whenever he read Guan Zhong to buy deer from Chu State, and buy weapons from Hengshan State, and to defeat these two countries without bloodshed through economic means, he will be very excited.
In 1982, Muratu, who graduated from undergraduate studies, returned to Ethiopia, hoping to change his hometown based on what he learned, but this matter was as difficult as heaven.
At this time, Ethiopia was still under the high-pressure rule of Mengestu. All "heretics" must be cleaned by him with bloody means. Moreover, if Muratu was Guan Zhong's "student", then Mengestu was definitely the "disciple" of Shang Yang . What he believed most was the "policy of fooling the people".
In Mengestu's eyes, why do people resist him? It’s not because they know too much and see too much, so knowledge and knowledge are the most terrible things. These international students who have returned from studying naturally have the thorns in their eyes and thorns in their flesh.
That's it. Muratu couldn't do anything in Ethiopia. Not only that, all the international students who returned from their studies were monitored by Mengestu, and later there was even a situation where international students were directly assassinated, which made all international students gasp.
The scholar met a soldier and couldn't explain it clearly. After all, no matter how much knowledge he learned, he didn't know how to reason with a cruel butcher.
In this way, under the persuasion of his family and friends, Muratu left Ethiopia again, returned to Beijing, and entered Peking University to pursue a master's degree in philosophy.
This is a rather sanctuary study life, and Muratu has been there for seven or eight years.
Finally, in 1988, a large-scale people's uprising broke out in Ethiopia, and two "rebels" attacked the tyranny of Mengestu. After three years of fighting, the Mengestu rule, which was alienated from the people, was overthrown.
Mulatu was overjoyed when he heard this news. Until this time, he had obtained his doctorate degree and could finally return to China.
"Dynamic Chinese Fan"
After returning to Ethiopia, Muratu finally had a chance to show his strength. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. In just one year, he was promoted from counselor to director, and in 1955, he went to China again, becoming Ethiopian ambassador to China, and also served as ambassador to Vietnam and Thailand.
During this period, Muratu promoted the development of bilateral relations many times, and expressed his feelings for China more than once in public, and said affectionately to people:
"China is my second hometown.”
In 2013, this African student from Peking University was finally elected as the president of Ethiopia with a huge advantage.
In the second year after taking office, Muratu visited our China as a formal identity. Muratu lamented the changes of this country that he had lived in for a long time before.
has entered a new era of China, which is not comparable to the last century. This is a magical country, and a country that Muratu was fascinated by Muratu. In order to enable his country to achieve such magical changes, Muratu continued to learn China's development model on the one hand, and continuously strengthened cooperation with China on the other hand.
Muratu saw the similarities between Ethiopia and China. The biggest key is to lag behind. It has developed poorly and indifferently.
That is more important to this good teacher.
So with the help of China, Ethiopia also has an industrial production base, a wind power station, and a country's lifeline - Asia-Djibouti Railway .
After my country proposed the construction of the "Belt and Road", Muratu was even more capable, and Ethiopia became the first country in Africa to join the Belt and Road Plan.
During this period, Muratu also visited other countries many times, voluntarily became a "lobbyist" of our country, and advised leaders of other African countries to let their countries join the Belt and Road Plan together.
"Believe in China, this is a good partner. He is much more reliable than France and the United States. "
Seeing that Ethiopia has become a "hard fan" of our country, the forces of Western countries are also unable to sit still. More than one Western media is crazy about smearing China-Egypt relations. Muratu is careful of the "China trap" and not be confused by the "sugar-coated shells".
But when facing such an unreasonable attack, Muratu is very "hard". He had been "cowardly" once when he faced Mengerstu, and now he doesn't want to "cowardly" the second time.
So at a meeting, Muratu asked Western reporters:
"Why is China's aid a trap, and the United States' aid is a pie? Are we in Africa only allowed to accept your assistance? "
Faced with such questions, Western journalists were speechless. Since then, Ethiopia and our China have become closer and faster and faster.
In 2018, Muratu stepped down as president after his term expired, but he is still concerned about the development of Ethiopian countries. This Chinese student has really learned the essence of Chinese traditional Confucian culture - Daze is concerned about the world.
