Squinting is not only a simple way to vilify, it has a lot of articles behind it.

The image of Fu Manchu, I believe, is no stranger to everyone. Wearing the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, his face is insidious and cunning, and squinting is its most prominent feature. Fu Manchu is a villain written by British writer SaxRomer, which first appeared in the book the Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu in 1913. The reason for adopting this image is not only discrimination against Easterners, but also a lot of articles within it.

The "Yellow Peril Theory" in the hustle and bustle of the West

In the late 19th century and early 1920s, Western politicians and scholars have been advocating an ultra-nationalist ideology. According to them, there have been three "yellow peril" in history.

The first time was the westward migration of the Xiongnu, when the Han Dynasty fought many full-scale wars against Hungary, forcing some of the Huns in the north to migrate westward. As the saying goes, "the east is not bright, the west is bright". The Huns, who were defeated by the Han army, had no opponent in Europe, and the Europeans could not find the north, so that they exclaimed Attila as "the whip of God".

The second time was the Turks expelled by the Tang Dynasty. The Turks who moved westward broke out in Europe and destroyed the crippled Eastern Roman Empire. Instead, the Ottoman Empire was established, which cut off the road from the west to the east and promoted the arrival of the great navigation era.

When it comes to the third time, we must be no stranger, that is, the famous Mongolian western expedition, as far as the Danube River basin in Europe, and even the valiant Slavs had to surrender to the Golden account Khanate.

In the era when the social Darwinian concept of "the law of the jungle and the survival of the fittest" prevailed in the West, the weak Qing Dynasty was the fat in the eyes of the western powers and wanted to carve it up immediately. Imperialism needs public opinion and slogans to arouse the mood of the people, arouse their fear and hostility towards Easterners, distort the nature of things and deceive the people to achieve the goal of rationalizing colonial aggression. When the colonial aggression rose to the national and national level, their goal was achieved.

The Yellow Peril Theory is precisely the masterpiece in which Western politicians and scholars apply social Darwinism to the "best".

Preach the threat of the East and create panic

After the Industrial Revolution, the level of health and medical care in the West has improved, and the population growth has accelerated, so it is impossible to meet the demand close to the domestic market, so the West's overseas expansion is accelerating at this stage. The limited living space has caused panic among many Europeans, and Western scholars vigorously advocate the theory of demography. a famous argument is:

"the population increases geometrically, while the means of livelihood can only increase by arithmetic. Oppression of food production, hunger and uncontrollable Europeans and diaspora will eat everything up. "

China has the largest population base, and in their view, if China, which has huge human resources, becomes strong, it is bound to compete with them for the market and living space. This sentiment was exacerbated by the rise of Japan at the end of the 19th century, and some Western politicians feared that if Japan's technology and weapons were combined with China, the consequences would be worrisome. this can be seen in the letter from Kaiser William II to the Russian czar.

"20 to 30 million trained Chinese are assisted by six Japanese divisions and commanded by excellent, brave and Christian-hating Japanese officers. This prospect cannot help but cause anxiety."

Westerners have always advocated Rousseau's "natural human rights, everyone is equal", but if everyone is really equal, how can they oppress and invade, so Western politicians and scholars have decided to "make a difference."

Portray East Asians as inferior races through vilification and discrimination

With their so-called scientific research, the Western powers who have the right to speak have come to the conclusion that the average brain capacity of the Anglo-Saxons and Germans is the highest. the proper best nation in the world, while the brain capacity of the Asians and Africans is quite different from that of the above-mentioned excellent nations, so as to implement the view that we are inferior nations. But in fact, the brain capacity of yellow people is higher than that of white people, and we are the most intelligent nation.

This is not enough, they also need to completely change and subvert Westerners' perception of the image and concept of Asia and Africa. The Orient in Marco Polo's travels is mysterious and powerful, but in modern times our image is squinting, cunning and evil, even if it appears in movies and TV dramas, it is mostly a villain or a negative image.

Because only in this way can the West easily portray itself as a savior and carry out what they call "the law of the jungle and survival of the fittest." Poor and backward people only deserve to be enslaved and oppressed, and are not qualified to enjoy the resources and wealth that already belong to us. They should not only publicize this image and concept among the people, but also try to carve it into our bones, destroying our national self-esteem and self-confidence and replacing it with servility that is willing to be oppressed.

A hundred years later, the era when the Western powers set up a few cannons on the coast is long gone. This image with vilification and discrimination is the national humiliation of our poor and backward days! At the end of the 19th century, the spearhead of the "yellow peril theory" was directed at China. Under this background, the United States gave birth to the infamous "Chinese exclusion Act", which established discrimination against Chinese at the legal level, which is such a great shame.

After the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, Japan rose rapidly and soon joined the ranks of great powers, which caused extreme panic in the West. Today, China's overall national strength, which is also located in the East, is growing, which has also exacerbated the unease in the West. However, it is obvious that with the economic globalization, China is becoming more and more important in the world economy. The confrontation mode of the previous hot war and the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union is no longer realistic, and it is more cultural output and confrontation.

Once again, the ugly and discriminatory image of squinting seems to have become a major means for people with ulterior motives in the West. All they want is to change and distort our image and ideas.

In 1949, after the bloodshed and sacrifice of countless ancestors, we announced to the world that we had stood up, and what we wanted was to get rid of the vilified and discriminatory images and ideas imposed on us by the invaders. And now in the era of prosperity and strength, we must never pick it up again!