Written by Frank Li
Further to my decade-long effort to explain China and her comeback to my fellow Americans, let me offer a new analogy: China’s comeback is like Michael Jordan’s comeback – Resistance is futile!
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1. Michael Jordan
Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia – Michael Jordan.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ,[6] is an American former professional basketball.
1.1 Michael Jordan’s first 3-peat
Jordan won his first NBA championship with the Bulls in 1991, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a “three-peat“.
He abruptly retired from basketball before the 1993 – 94 NBA season and started a new career in Minor League Baseball.
1.2 What happened after Jordan retired in 1993?
The Houston Rockets, led by their legendary center Hakeem Olajuwon, won two NBA titles in a row!
1.3 Jordan came back in 1995!
Jordan returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three additional championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995 – 96 NBA season!
The Houston Rockets, on the other hand, receded as an also-ran!
2. China
China is the greatest country in human history!
Two indisputable facts:
- China has the longest continuous civilization in human history – Yes, 5,000 years!
- Throughout human history, great civilizations have come and gone, with one major exception: China – come, almost gone, and come again.
2.1 China from year 1 to 1820
Below is an excerpt from Has China Won?
From the year 1 to 1820, China and India were always the largest civilizations in terms of economic strength. The past two hundred years have therefore been an aberration.
The image below highlights the point.
2.2 China from 1840 to 1949
This is China’s Century of humiliation.
2.3 China from 1949 to present
This period can be divided into three phases as follows:
- 1949 – 1976: Mao unified China in 1949, but was disastrous in governing.
- 1978 – 2011: Deng peacefully transformed China from communism to state capitalism.
- 2012 – present: Xi has been leading China to a new phase of peaceful transformation.
The image below highlights the transformation of Shanghai, the largest city in China.
For more, read: The People’s Republic of China at Age 70.
3. China vs. Michael Jordan
Unlike Jordan’s first retirement (1993-1995), which was voluntary, the Century of humiliation was imposed on China by the foreign powers (e.g. Britain and Japan). Other than that, China’s glories “before” and “after” are metaphorically similar to Jordan’s.
So, do not under-estimate China’s comeback!
America, on the other hand, should accept China, just like the Houston Rockets did with Michael Jordan in 1995!
4. Discussion
Unfortunately, America is trying to not only reject China, but also sabotage her comeback (The U.S. vs. China: From the Trade War to Commercial Sabotage!) – Can you imagine the Houston Rockets doing it with Jordan?
For example, some China-haters are even trying the impossible: containing China! Here is a recent news story: Donald Trump’s ‘G11’ plan heightens speculation over efforts to build new anti-China alliance.
What a joke!
The image below is worth more than 1,000 words.
Now, why do China-haters try to contain China?
Three main reasons:
- The China-haters just try to make a living, as China-bashing is a bi-partisan sport, with few negative consequences. For more, read: Trump’s GOP Blames China for Coronavirus With Eye on 2020.
- The Evil Military-Industrial Complex.
- Stupidity, as they understand neither China nor America. For more, read: Resilience: The U.S. vs. China.
In short, many Americans are worse than possibly one rookie on the Houston Rockets team in 1995, who had absolutely no sense of history, was blindly carried away of their 2-season successes, and was constantly undermining Jordan’s comeback! For example, many Americans think so low of China that any success in China must be via some kind of theft from America (FBI accuses China of attempting to steal US COVID-19 research)!
Total stupidity beyond imagination!
In contrast, China, like Michael Jordan, knows not only the past, but also the present, thus confidently and boldly claiming the future (China building secure facilities to fast track coronavirus vaccine production)!
In summary, for China, America is merely an aberration of post-WWII (China calls racial discrimination is the US a “social ill”), while the West an aberration of the past 200 years. For more, read: History 2.0.
America, reform our failing political system, as I have suggested (American Democracy – Why is it failing & how to fix it?), or become a fiddle, second to China!
5. Closing
It’s a simple analogy between Michael Jordan and China, especially in terms of the comeback, but you get the point, hopefully.
China’s comeback is long overdue and well underway – Resistance is futile!
Now, please sit back and enjoy the video below.
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