The Chinese in China are more patriotic than ever before, besides being happier than many of those countries in the West. Yes, China was deeply divided during the last century and a half, with foreign powers fighting for control of China and civil wars between the Communist and Nationalist that caused much suffering to the Chinese people.
Earlier than that, from 1839 opium war onwards, was the century of humiliation at the hands of the Eight Nations starting from 1900. In 1949, after the defeat of the Nationalist, the Communist took over China and although rebuilding was fraught with failures, the opening up of China under Deng Xiaoping was instrumental in China's rapid progress and development.
Why shouldn't the Chinese be happy, knowing that before this it was all bleak and gloom economically, but now having all that they never dreamed of just thirty years ago, the new-found improved living standard was a huge dream fulfilled.
Anonymous
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