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During the vacation, I met two Chinese friends from Europe. What happened after communicating with them surprised me: Europe has become so strange to me.
The first one is from Belgium. She told me that since the epidemic, due to unfriendliness towards the Chinese and the background of decoupling between China and the West, the position of president of the local Chinese Professionals Association has not been filled. The reason is that the Chinese are worried about the negative impact of serving as president.
In the eyes of Belgium, they are Chinese – even if they are already Belgian nationals, serving as the president of such a professional association will always be associated with some kind of connection with the home country, which may affect the “president’s” job. Although the companies and units I work for do not have any explicit regulations. She herself said that the current situation of the Chinese people is a bit like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror – he is not human inside and out.
The second friend is from the Netherlands and works at a well-known university. I came to China this time because I was invited by four domestic universities to give academic exchange reports. But he needs to apply to his working school in the Netherlands to get a report, which is a bit like a political review. The result of the review is: University A in China is a top university and is not allowed to report. University B has a national key materials laboratory and it is not recommended to go. Universities C and D are allowed to report.
The report itself also has specific requirements. All report content must have been published publicly, and there must be no unpublished results, and advanced ideas and creativity cannot be exchanged with Chinese personnel.
This approach sounds incredible. It has become so difficult to be the president of a neutral scholarly communication and technical association. It reminds me of the need to issue a letter of introduction to the employer when going out in the early days of the founding of our country, but now it is the 1920s of the 21st century, and the Netherlands and Belgium are very developed countries in Europe and the United States. The Chinese are treated in this way, which is probably in the context of the times. A microscopic manifestation of decoupling.
Six years ago, I observed that the era of globalization may have come to an end . Now it seems that this trend is becoming more and more obvious, and it is increasingly affecting every individual in this era. I have no intention of judging the right or wrong of this. I just lament the insignificance of individuals in the context of the times. Will those golden ages come back?
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