The Plain truth about the Chinese.....For your reflection

January 27, 2015

The Plain truth about the Chinese.....For your reflection

This Chinese-Australian professor has a funny but

true explanation about the Chinese people:

Why do Chinese people work so hard to succeed in life?＿
Here is the plain truth.

#1. There are over 1 billion of us on this earth. We are like

photostat copies of each other. You get rid of one, 5

magically appears (like ballot boxes). Yes, it is scary,

especially for us. We acknowledge that we are replaceable,

thus we are not particularly 'special'. If you think you are smart,

there are a few thousand more people smarter than you.

If you think you are strong, there are a few thousand people

stronger than you.

#2. We have been crawling all over this earth for far more

centuries that most civilizations. Our DNA is designed for

survival. We are like cockroaches. Put us anywhere on earth

and we will make a colony and thrive. We survive on anything

around us and make the best of it. Some keep migrating

but others will stay and multiply.

#3. NOBODY cares if we succeed as individuals or not. But

our families take pride in knowing we have succeeded. Yes,

some will fail. We take nothing for granted. We don't expect

privileges to fall on our laps. No one owes us anything.

#4. We know we have nothing to lose if we try to succeed.

Thus, we have no fear trying. That is why Chinese

are addicted to gambling. We thrive on taking risks.

All or nothing.

#5. From young we are taught to count every cent. What

we take for granted like money management, I have found

out recently, is not something other cultures practice

at home with their children. It surprised me. But truth is

not all societies or cultures teach their young this set of

skills because it is rude to them. Yes, most of us can count

because we are forced to and the logic of money is pounded

into us from the beginning of time (when mama tells us how

much she has spent on our milk and diapers)

#6. We acknowledge life cycles. We accept that wealth

in a family stays for three generations (urban myth?). Thus,

every 4th generation will have to work from scratch. I.e.

first generation earns the money from scratch, second

generation spends the money on education, third generation

gets spoiled and wastes all the inheritance. Then we are back

to square one. Some families hang on to their wealth a

little longer than most.

#7. It is our culture to push our next generation to do

better than the last. Be smarter. Be stronger. Be faster.

Be more righteous. Be more pious. Be more innovative.

Be more creative. Be richer. Be everything that you can

be in this lifetime.

#8. Our society judges us by our achievements... and

we have no choice but to do something worthwhile because

Chinese New Year comes around every year and Chinese

relatives have no qualms about asking you straight in

your face - how much are you making? When was your

last promotion? How big is your office? What car do you

drive? Where do you stay? You have boyfriend? You have

girlfriend? When are you getting married? When are you

having children? When is the next child? When you getting

a boy? Got maid yet? Does your company send you

overseas? etc etc etc. It NEVER ENDS... so, we can't

stop chasing the illusive train - we are damned to a

materialistic society. If you are not Chinese, consider

yourself lucky!

#9. We have been taught from young that if you have two

hands, two feet, two eyes, and a mouth, what are you

doing with it? "People with no hands can do better

than you !"

#10. Ironically, the Chinese also believe in giving back

to save their wretched materialistic souls. Balance is needed.

The more their children succeed in life, the more our parents

will give back to society as gratitude for the good fortune

bestowed on their children. Yes. That is true. And that is why

our society progresses forward in all conditions.

Nobody pities us.
We accept that.

No one owes us anything.
We know that.

There are too many of us for charity to reach all of us.
We acknowledge that.

But that does not stop us from making a better life.
This lifetime.

Opportunity is as we make of it.
So, pardon us if we feel obliged to make a better place

for ourselves in this country we call home.
It is in our DNA to progress forward for a more

comfortable life.

But if history were to be our teacher, look around

this globe.

Every country has a Chinatown (seriously) but how

many government/countries are 'taken' over by the

Chinese people.

Don't be afraid of us overwhelming your majority, we

are not looking to conquer.
If we have moved away from China and Chinese governed

countries, we are NOT looking for another country to

administer.
Our representatives are only there to look after our

collective welfare. They are duty bound.
We prefer to blend in and enjoy the fruits of our labor.
We enjoy the company of like minded people of all races.
After all, we are only passing through a small period in