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BZvilleWhere there ain't no dead ends... 9 avril 洋眼看中国之-领袖记得七年前来美国的时候， 被别人问起，“中国现在的皇帝是谁”， 我还满心愤慨的怒斥美国人对中国了解的片面与无知。可这四年来，Knox 改变了我的想法。从 Ike Glinsmann 到 Chris 到 Justin Valas， 这些“中国通”对中国的了解程度及公平程度甚至在我之上，好多独到的见解让我也深受教育，今天拿出来分享一下。事先声明，以下观点部分来源于多位Knox 学生及教授，可能与传统中国政治观有抵触之处，敬请明辨。 关于领袖 1. 毛泽东。 刺眼夺目的光环下，伟大领袖毛主席究竟留给了我们些什么？中国人会说“新中国”，“共产主义”，“共产党”。 不过客观的讲，毛泽东最多把建国提前了3-5年。他是杰出的军事家，但绝非优秀的政治家，更不是好的经营者。十年浩劫，大跃进，让中国蒙受了大概20年的 经济发展停滞甚至倒退。说到这，这篇日志已经快被“和谐”掉了，不过如果还没，不如听听西方人对毛泽东的正面评价。 毛泽东给中国留下了两样宝贝：一党制和人口。一党制保证了中国政治上的低损耗，巨大的人口基数给了中国得天独厚的廉价劳动力，以及现在日益凸显的巨大国内 消费市场。没有两样中的任何一样，中国的复苏都不会如此顺利。“伟大领袖毛主席” 的确伟大，可伟大之处在哪里，西方人的看法我不甚赞同。 2. 周恩来。十里长街送总理之后，人们对总理的期望就是“主内”，或者用现在的话就是“民生”。 可周总理真正的功勋在于为中国建国初期的外交打下了坚实的基础。对非洲，拉丁美洲及东南亚的访问确立了中国对外和平进取的大方向，这一方向至今仍被继承 着。当毛泽东一心要与”美帝国主义“一拼到底的时候，是周恩来悬崖勒马，屡次调和。虽然朝鲜战争不幸爆发，但周总理已经是竭尽所能。当代外交史上，周恩来 是绝对的孙中山。 3. 邓小平。我们称之为“改革开放”，西方人笑称其为”铁杆共产主义向资本主义的妥协“。是改革也好，是妥协也罢，关键看的是成效。在毛泽东看来，“改革开放 ”是倒退，但实践证明适当保护主义下的资本主义是当今最好的国家经济体制，而中国式的”社会主义市场经济“无非是适度国有化了的介于资本主义和铁杆社会主 义之间的一种高效经济模式。外国人看来，邓小平是中国现代资本主义之父。 4. 江泽民。大家对江主席的评价可能很是一般，有人说他无非是继承传统，无所作为，但我对江主席的评价高到不能再高的程度。当代中国最伟大的领袖非他莫属。放 眼九十年代的中国，经济飞速发展，国民生产总值大踏步的进入世界前五名，若是毛主席还在的话，还不早就和“美帝国主义”一决高下了。恰逢此时，美国 “EP-3”情报搜集预警机在中国南海迫降，我飞行员王伟不幸牺牲，当全国反美呼声高涨时，江泽民的处理方法是，要求美国道歉（礼节性的）以平众怒，随后 肢解飞机（国际惯例而已），低调处理。北约（NATO) 轰炸我驻南斯拉夫大使馆时，全国各地游行不断，江泽民的处理方法是，允许游行，以向西方显示中国的游行自由，但同时向各级政府下达死命令，要求确保所有美 籍人士的人身安全，以显示中国的大气，最后低调处理后事。包括当时的我在内的无数中国人觉得我们吃了两个哑巴亏，可如今回想起来，江主席的决策多么英明， 多么周全。经济发展是当今的主旋律，为了确保经济复苏的步伐，我们可以吃小亏，我们可以适度让步，因为我们知道成为经济强国的重要性。江泽民确立了中国默 默发展，不骄不躁的路线。让人欣慰的是，如今的胡锦涛主席还在奉行着这一路线。另外，江泽民时期对股票市场的大力压制避免了泡沫的形成，让资本更多的投向 了实业，这其中的意义之重大，只有时间能见证。
综上，谁说一党制下不会有好的政体和领袖？ 愿中国以完美的一党制为世界各国开创先例。 4 juillet 三菱日蚀登陆中国-34万？34万？将近５万美金？买日蚀？ 听说第四代日蚀明年在中国上市（比在美国上市晚了４年），还要卖３４万的高价，据说预售已经将近２０００辆。中国人富也不要乱花钱吧？五万美金买日本车？ 虽说日蚀这车子很不错。我买的这辆３．８升直排六缸橙红色豪华版动力十足不用说，除了去芝加哥路上输给过一辆Pontiac GT ６．０Ｌ以外，拼拼奥迪TT，MustangGT 一类的车子绰绰有余，但毕竟这是在美国，想不出在中国开这车子除了烧钱以外还有什么理由。哦，我买这车子花了两万七千美金，合人民币１９万，８０％贷款，利率低于６％。 美国的车市很成熟，大家的买车观念也很清晰：蓝领买美国车（通用，福特，雪弗莱），蓝-白领买日本车（本田，丰田，尼桑，三菱），白领买高档日本车和低档德国车（雷克萨斯，Infiniti, 大众），小资买中高档欧洲车（奥迪，梅塞德斯，宝马，捷豹）。中国人买得起进口车的大多是小资，自然该买中高档欧洲车。奥迪在中国卖得又不贵，应该是最佳选择。 话又说回来，日蚀搭载的8.1声道650瓦Rockford音响系统，特别是后备箱里预装的11英寸低音炮，据说是全行业最棒的。想买车子改装后飚车做秀的话，在中国买日蚀应该是最佳选项。 独立日，去看焰火了，待续。 7 juin Graduation 2008今天是Graduation， 最后一个可以旁观的毕业典礼。Steven Colbert, 比尔 克林顿，奥尔布赖特，每年的毕业典礼嘉宾都牛得很，但愿明年也能如此，毕竟激动了三年，真正关乎自己的还是明年那一次。
福布斯(Forbes)今年的大学排名把Knox排在了第16，吓了大家一跳，毕竟去年USNews只给了个第80名。不知这次排名和这几年来的毕业嘉宾有没有关系，哦，忘了提一下，Steven Colbert 之前那一年毕业嘉宾是Barack Obama，明年的总统:D
几个星期前拿到了第一份工作邀请，芝加哥，数据库管理，年薪7万，很牛很牛，前提是我现在就去。 想来想去，还是听了导师的意见决定拒绝，如他所说，金融数学+计算机科学+汉语应该不难找到工作，在忍耐一年吧，可年薪7万美金。。。
后天打点行囊去Iowa(艾何华,很有趣的翻译）实习，薪水不多，但会和朋友们在一起，good times. 之后8月初回家，九月初去西藏。最后一个暑假，要好好珍惜。
布什统治下的最后6个月，坚持到底！
国内的小朋友们，今年福布斯大学排名的link, 努力多多研究吧。
8 avril OPT extended to 29 months?!!!Yep, you heard it here first, OPT is extended to 29 months, from 12! That means... I can stick around in US for up to 29 months with a crappy job, instead of 12! Such a relief. 29 months, two and a half year... wow. Just wow Guess the Congress could do some good for a change. I can almost feel the crowd in front of those US counsulates in China getting bigger, a lot bigger. Hail Eris! 31 mars New car, New term, New responsibilities...For all those people out there that know how much I hated the Japanese government, well, I bought a new Japanese car... Sad, but the is just too nice. 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT with V6 3.8L engine and 650 watt stereo system... Best of all, its color: "sunset pearlscent" aka. orange with orange/cream interior. Call me gay if you wish, but the car is pimped! Will most definitely upload some pics later, but ya... took the car out for a spin on I-80 and reaches 140 mph easily, thats... 140*1.6 = 204km/h !! and the car was still steady like a stone. If only they sell those in China... Good news, they're actually importing those next year in China, Selling for 450,000 RMB base, with the GT model over 550,000 RMB. Phew... So much for my old eclipse... Looking at both of them parked at the parking lot... feeling so sad for my old baby... Anywayz, taking 3 300level classes this term, CS research seminar 399; CS graphics 321? and Advanced Financial Math, Math-327. Will be a fun term. Will be working at Washington, Iowa this summer and hangout w/ my roommate and other friends. Won't make that much money, but 10-12 bucks an hour isn't that bad for a intern job. Gotta start saving money for the car payment, insurance along w/ my loans. Talking cash$. But again, life won't be fun w/o the pressure. Finally started working out again today. Feels good to lose some sweat, but am now going to the Wing night... ah... America just isn't for slim people... If you get the chance, get on youtube and check out that clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9QNKB34cJo Pretty goddamn amazing, w/ 2million views so far. Can't complain much, but media have their own standards of justice. CNN vs. Youtube, there's some balance there, just need to find it. Happy fool's day! // FYI none of above is joking... tho... well, you won't believe me at this point anyway. Cheers 8 novembre So, there's this kid...So, there's this super Emo and partially homo kid from China called this blog space "The dead place", hmm...
Ya, you know who I'm talkin' about, Ant?!
About time to jot something down before I leave this country again.
Worked my As* off this term, kind of. Entered the AEM international programming contest, got a 3rd place for the contest site out of 19 teams, not too bad:D
As a reward, got a ribbon, and a booklight w/ IBM tradermartk on it, sigh... "Our proud sponsor" was so generous.
Our frad, Sigma Nu, threw 4 parties this term, probably a record, considering we threw total of 6 parties last year whole year... and I'm the social, so I'm happy.
Found out that purchasing tickets for others under your United Economy Plus account doesn't gain miles for yourself... kinda stupid. Hope they give me a free upgrade to Bussiness class again this time, ya, United?
Heading back to China Dec 6th, gonna be cold... was thinking of making a trip to the south and meet up some friends, or just to stay a lil warmer?
Regardless, a good term in general. Got this Mac book that I really enjoyed, and got a Nintendo wii. Hmm...
Gas price, 3.14/gal 7 juillet Transformers, coming sTrong!Transformers! Oya!
Watched the movie, soooooo awesome!!!
Wished so much I still had my collection of transformers, would go crazy now.
It's just really nice to finally see your childhood dreams coming true:
I've always always always wanted to see people at the same age of my parents to be interested in Transformers, now there they are...
The best part, I was driving toward the theatre to watch the movie, THREE 18-wheeler semi trucks were in front of me the whole time... I was sooo pissed, but then they ALL pulled into the theatre parking lot, and all three man walked into the theatre right in front of me. I bet those wheeler drivers are really proud of themselves when they saw Optimus Prime (the main good autobot).
Kind of sad though, all autobots are American cars. The Americans probably make the best trucks, but I don't know about that pontiac solstice, should've been an Audi TT, ha, that'd be funny...
Got in touch with a couple of the new Chinese students, they all sound pretty cool, wish'em luck.
3 weeks till me going back, can't wait...
Transformers the movie made like 27 million US dollars in the first 2 days... geez...
Somebody should've made the movie A LOT sooner than this, apparently.
There're also 3 linkin park songs throughout the movie, I was excited just for that part...
go, 变形金刚， rock on! |
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