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Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
The first signs of sinophobia are already becoming manifest in Holland. The fear of the Yellow Danger, the Yellow Dragon, rears its ugly head. 'If the Chinese can send a taikonaut around the earth, then Chinese world dominance is not far off.'
Having lost any legitimacy for their russophobia, the xenophobes are eager to jump on the new bandwagon.
It's the old story again: "Dragons are said to be evil and diabolical creatures. In Christian symbology, a dragon is seen defeated by the archangel Michael, whereas in myths and fairy tales dragons are killed and slain by the hero of the story. In China however, this mythological symbol dates back to 3000 BC and stands for happiness, immortality, procreation, fertility and activity."
There is only one nation that has accomplished so much in a little more than 50 years (a lot still needs to be done). Now, what is 50 years in human history? They even corrected their mistakes. And what have we Europeans to boast about as far as WW II is concerned, or our colonial past, or our present wars? Who are we to lecture the Chinese?
10:53:24 PM 
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© Copyright 2003 Hetty Litjens.
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