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He performed “cutting off his green card angrily” to support the motherland, but was slapped in the face by netizens: “Did you buy it on Taobao?” (Picture source: Video screenshot)
Hu Shiborn on December 17, 1891, is the former president of Peking University and the former ambassador of the Republic of China to the United States.Li Zongrenborn on August 13, 1891, former Vice President and Acting President of the Republic of China. The two of them are of the same age and both were celebrities in the Republic of China era. In 1949, both 58 years old, they left China and immigrated to the United States. In April 1958, Hu Shi returned to Taiwan to settle down, and spent the last four years of his life in Taiwan. He died of illness in Taipei on February 24, 1962, at the age of 70. In 1965, Li Zongren returned to the mainland to settle down, and spent the last four years of his life in the mainland. He died of illness in Beijing on January 30, 1969, at the age of 77. I knew these things when I was a teenager in the sixties. Especially Li Zongren, when he returned to Beijing in 1965, the front page of the People’s Daily boasted that this was a victory for the CCP’s united front work. I remember the comments at that time saying that Hu Shi returned to Taiwan because he was loyal to the Kuomintang. Li Zongren loved the Communist Party, so he returned to the mainland. I believed these comments at the time. I saw another comment on the Internet not long ago, which I think makes more sense: When Hu and Li immigrated to the United States in 1949, they were already in their sixties and had already become accustomed to life in China. As they got older, they wanted to start a new life in the United States. It is very difficult to adapt to a new living environment. Especially when people get old, they want to return to their roots, return to their hometown, and live the life they are accustomed to. This is a very natural idea, which is the so-called human nature. Although Hu and Li are both political figures, their most basic nature is human nature. When returning to China in their later years, people should not use political paint to graffiti.
Many of the calligraphy and painting works collected by Li Zongren are fakes, and their current price is about US$3,000. After learning about it, Mao Zedong bought it for US$120,000 and said: This is a political account, and we must be strategic in our united front work. (Internet picture)
Many people in the world think they are smart, but this “self-thinking” is meaningless. We need to give a precise definition of the word “smart”. I think this definition must include “adapting to the environment”. One, and it has nothing to do with anyone’s “self-thinking”… For those of us who have immigrated overseas, adapting to the environment is a matter of life and death.
It is very difficult to immigrate overseas and adapt to the environment. Regarding Chinese immigrants who immigrated to the United States, I have paid attention to three types of people: the first type is the first-generation immigrants similar to me, who left China in their twenties and lived and worked in the United States until retirement; The second generation of immigrants who were born and raised in the United States; the third type is the elderly who work at home until retirement and then immigrate abroad.
Most of the first-generation immigrants my age went abroad to make a living in the 1980s or 1990s. At that time, we were all young people in their twenties and thirties, with flexible bodies and minds, and strong ability to adapt to the new environment. After decades of hard work, most of us became American citizens, worked until retirement, and received U.S. Government pension to spend your retirement years peacefully. As far as I know, most of us first-generation immigrants have integrated into American social life to a considerable extent. However, there are also some people who were deeply influenced by the CCP’s education in their childhood and suffer from the stubborn disease of being unable to adapt to the new environment. Although they have become American citizens, they still live in the illusion of “I am a Chinese citizen.” These people have not adapted to the social environment of the United States for a long time. They are unhappy and complaining all day long. At least they criticize and belittle the United States; at worst they are hostile and hateful to the United States. Some even are willing to act as spies or thugs to directly undermine the interests of the United States. In the article “Pastors and Party Secretary,” I introduced a former Party Secretary, Ms. H. She could not adapt to the American environment. After coming to the United States, she was depressed and resentful all the time. Ms. H has never done anything harmful to the United States, but her long-term negative emotions have damaged her health. This is an example of the so-called “minor” I mentioned above. I also introduced Dr. U in the article “Amateur Spy Dr. U”. His opposition and even hatred towards American society led to his illegal and evil behavior, which not only directly harmed the interests of the United States, but also landed him in jail. , ruined the future. This is an example of the so-called “important principles” I mentioned above. “When people go to higher places, water flows to lower places.” This is a natural law. Everyone’s life is a life of hard work and positivity, and everyone’s feet are always pointing to what he thinks is a better place. Therefore, which country a person likes is expressed by his feet, and actions are the most honest language. Those who do not adapt to the environment, those who come to the United States to make a living but resent the United States, although they are only a minority among the first-generation immigrants, I also want to say something to these people: please stop your self-deception and split personality. Please take a look at which country you are stepping on, take a look at which country’s passport you are holding, and figure out for yourself which country you are from. For these people, changing the objective environment is like shaking a tree with a phalanx. It is impossible. Those who do not adapt to the environment will definitely be eliminated. For the happiness of yourself and your family, please leave the United States as soon as possible and return to China. Go to Live in a place you like and an environment you can adapt to.
Party-loving pinks express their hatred of the United States to their children, which can be said to be harmful to others and to both generations. (Image source: Public domain)
Generally speaking, the second generation of immigrants is much better. They have grown up in the United States where they live, without any language barriers or regional concepts, and their ability to adapt to the environment is much stronger than that of the previous generation. But there are also a very small number of second generations who are too influenced by their parents and have too much “mother country” plot, which damages their own future. There are few examples of Chinese immigrants in this regard, but there are many examples of immigrants from Middle Eastern countries. There is a piece of news that impresses people a lot: Not long after the 9/11 incident, one day in 2002, three descendants of Middle Eastern immigrants drove to a hospital in Florida to work in a hospital in Florida after graduating from Harvard Medical School. They spoke freely during refueling, resting and eating, expressing their admiration for bin Laden and support for the 911 terrorist attacks. After these words were heard by people nearby, they immediately reported it to the police. The three were subsequently intercepted and interrogated by the police on the highway. Their behavior gave the police reason to suspect that they were planning another new terrorist attack. After the incident was exposed on the Internet, public opinion in the United States was in an uproar. The hospital in Florida immediately fired the three people on the grounds that “we are unable to protect the lives of the three of you.” His parents have an unshirkable responsibility for suffering such hardships just after entering society. It is understandable that the first-generation immigrants do not adapt to the environment, but infecting their children with their incompatibility with the environment, and even expressing their hatred of the United States to their children, is harming both themselves and others.
The more difficult people are the elderly people who immigrated abroad after working in China until retirement age. Many of them are the parents of first-generation immigrants. As these people get older, their bodies and minds are inevitably a little stiff. It is not easy to change themselves and adapt to a new world. Hu Shi and Li Zongren are two examples. More than ten years ago, several of my friends respectfully brought their elderly parents to the United States and arranged permanent residence and Medicare for them. However, within a few years, The elderly people felt that life in the United States was too unaccustomed, so they all returned to China one after another and voluntarily gave up the permanent residency rights they had applied for. The two old people I introduced to you in the article “Old Communists” are such examples. When I saw these old people returning to China, I originally felt a little regretful, but after seeing the stories of Hu Shi and Li Zongren, I now understand and sympathize with the behavior of these old people, and I suggest that old people who work in China until retirement, If there is no special need, it is best not to immigrate overseas easily, because it is difficult for retired people to adapt to the new environment. This is true for big figures like Hu Shi and Li Zongren, so we ordinary people should carefully weigh the pros and cons. Perhaps, it is a smarter approach to enjoy your old age comfortably in the social living environment in China that you can adapt to.
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