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Just a little pastime chat with friends and folk - from a different perspective, nothing academic!
One of my folk, yesterday, shared a message from her friend who shared the above 2 photos with the following famous short story.
人生無常
有位美麗的女士, 一心嚮往出國移民, 希望她的清華畢業的丈夫, 能配合她出國的願望.
她的丈夫只是一個小縣政府的公務員, 不想出國移民. 兩人爭執不休, 最後離婚收場.
多年後這位美麗的女士在國外生活有多如意没多少人瞭解.
她離棄的丈夫却由小公務員升級到一個職位這個職位的
英文翻譯叫 China President.
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The above story was about a good-looking woman who desired to emigrate from China to America and asked her Qing Hwa University graduated husband to cooperate. But her husband was a Politburo at a county in China who did not plan to do so.
Then through many arguments and fights, they divorced. The woman then, came to America, but now, no one knows what happens to her. But one thing is sure. The divorced husband married a beautiful singer, and he has been climbing up his Party Ladder, up to the present position which is the president of China. Surely, the pretty singer is the current first lady.
I admire the gentleman (a China-friendly politician in Taiwan? I am not sure) posting the photos (attached below) and the short story with an intelligent Teflon-like title : "The Vicissitude of Life" that seemingly was quite eye-catching and convincing, according to my folk's response. But there could be pre/assumptions about the ex-wife, gender stereotype, the presidency, the social hierarchy, the blind privileges, falsified ideologies, and the weird type of social mobility and so on within such a succinct writing capturing my attention.
I responded to my folk with my "biases".
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The reason I pointed out that the gentleman using a smart Telfon-like title for the above story - "The Vicissitude of Life" was a "wise" approach, because it made the following pre/assumptions possible:
Does anyone assume that the ex-wife "unluckily" missed the opportunity to be a first lady as her own Karma? ( Read the tone - 這位美麗的女士在國外生活有多如意没多少人瞭解).
Does anyone assume that people may pity on or gloat over the ex-wife who loved more with America than that of her marriage with the husband?
Does anyone assume that if the ex-wife stuck with her ex-husband, then he still could be the current president?
Does one assume what the happiness of being a first lady is like?
Does anyone assume that all women like and/or enjoy stealing her man's money and power, like a parasite?
Why did the ex-wife insist to come to US?
Does anyone assume why and how living abroad may be successful and joyful?
Why does the above story downplay her ex-husband's role just as a small county Politburo? ( Read the tone again : 她"離棄的丈夫" "却由" "小公務員" 升級到一個職位...)
Indeed, life is filled with vicissitudes and is a long journey - some making a choice, some living by chance, while others, needing changes. Surely some - let it be. Absolutely, some enjoy "family pass-on", and a lot are misled by falsified ideologies (such as, 外國的越亮鄙叫圓...)
All are philosophical beyond simple words - but who can judge which one is better than others??..
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Crystal Huang By the way, Mr. 習 did not really begin from a "小縣政府的公務員- a small Politburo" like a regular clerk, farmer, or worker - check his family background (isn't he also part of the 太子黨- Princelings/or the party of crown princes??)! 片面之詞 - 有時, 微言爽聽 - be aware.
And you might be also aware that a "President" was elected by the magical 100% votes through a Wonderful One-Party system isn't quite a phenomenal type of democracy??
Note - 太子黨 (The Modern Princelings):
The following are some of the most famous crown princes:
Son of Xi Zhongxun: Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party, President of China.
Son and daughters of Deng Xiaoping: Deng Pufang (邓朴方), chairman of the Handicapped Association; Deng Nan (邓楠), former vice minister Science and Technology
Son of Chinese leader and President Li Xiannian: Li Ping, high-ranking military official, daughter Li Xiaolin Vice-President of Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, son in law Liu Yazhou (husband of Li Xiaolin) Political Commissar, National Defense University.
Son of Chen Yun: Chen Yuan (陈元), governor of the State Development Bank of China
Son of Bo Yibo: Bo Xilai (薄熙来), former secretary of the CCP of Chongqing, and by extension, his own son, Bo Guagua.
Son of Zeng Shan (曾山, former interior minister of CCP): Zeng Qinghong, former Politburo Standing Committee member, Vice-President of China
Son of Zeng Qinghong: Zeng Wei, who purchased a A$32.4 million property in Sydney, Australia. Zeng's source of income is unknown.
Son of Huang Jing: Yu Zhengsheng (俞正声), Politburo Standing Committee member, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.[5]
Son in law of Yao Yilin: Wang Qishan, Politburo Standing Committee member, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Son and daughter of Li Peng (as son of a martyr and protégé of Zhou Enlai, a member of Crown Prince Party, too): Li Xiaopeng (politician) (李小鹏), Governor of Shanxi, former chairman of Huaneng Power Group; Li Xiaolin (李小琳), president of China Power International.
Sons of Jiang Zemin: Jiang Mianheng (江绵恒), vice dean of the Chinese Academy of Science, director of several major SOEs such as Shanghai Auto, and the real controller of China Netcom; Jiang Miankang (江绵康), a major general of the PLA
Son of Wang Zhen, Wang Jun (王军) chairman of CITIC; Wang Zhi (王之), former chairman of Great Wall Group
Son of Liu Shaoqi: Liu Yuan (刘源), lieutenant general of the military police
Son of He Long, He Pengfei (贺鹏飞), Deputy Commander in Chief of the Chinese Navy, Vice-Admiral
Former son-in-law of Liu Huaqing (刘华清): Pan Yue (潘岳), vice director of the State Environmental Protection Administration
Son of Chen Yi: Chen Haosu (陈昊苏), former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture
Grandson of Mao Zedong, Mao Xinyu (毛新宇), major general of the PLA.
Son of Wen Jiabao and Zhang Peili: Wen Yunsong, also known as Winston Wen (simplified Chinese: 温云松; traditional Chinese: 溫雲松; pinyin: Wēn Yúnsōng), a Chinese businessman, as of 2012, chairman of China Satellite Communications Corporation The name list, refer to wikipedia.
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Crystal Huang By the way, Mr. 習 did not really begin from a "小縣政府的公務員- a small Politburo" like a regular clerk, farmer, or worker - check his family background (isn't he also part of the 太子黨- Princelings/or the party of crown princes??)! 片面之詞 - 有時, 微言爽聽 - be aware.
And you might be also aware that a "President" was elected by the magical 100% votes through a Wonderful One-Party system isn't quite a phenomenal type of democracy??
Note - 太子黨 (The Modern Princelings):
The following are some of the most famous crown princes:
Son of Xi Zhongxun: Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party, President of China.
Son and daughters of Deng Xiaoping: Deng Pufang (邓朴方), chairman of the Handicapped Association; Deng Nan (邓楠), former vice minister Science and Technology
Son of Chinese leader and President Li Xiannian: Li Ping, high-ranking military official, daughter Li Xiaolin Vice-President of Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, son in law Liu Yazhou (husband of Li Xiaolin) Political Commissar, National Defense University.
Son of Chen Yun: Chen Yuan (陈元), governor of the State Development Bank of China
Son of Bo Yibo: Bo Xilai (薄熙来), former secretary of the CCP of Chongqing, and by extension, his own son, Bo Guagua.
Son of Zeng Shan (曾山, former interior minister of CCP): Zeng Qinghong, former Politburo Standing Committee member, Vice-President of China
Son of Zeng Qinghong: Zeng Wei, who purchased a A$32.4 million property in Sydney, Australia. Zeng's source of income is unknown.
Son of Huang Jing: Yu Zhengsheng (俞正声), Politburo Standing Committee member, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.[5]
Son in law of Yao Yilin: Wang Qishan, Politburo Standing Committee member, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Son and daughter of Li Peng (as son of a martyr and protégé of Zhou Enlai, a member of Crown Prince Party, too): Li Xiaopeng (politician) (李小鹏), Governor of Shanxi, former chairman of Huaneng Power Group; Li Xiaolin (李小琳), president of China Power International.
Sons of Jiang Zemin: Jiang Mianheng (江绵恒), vice dean of the Chinese Academy of Science, director of several major SOEs such as Shanghai Auto, and the real controller of China Netcom; Jiang Miankang (江绵康), a major general of the PLA
Son of Wang Zhen, Wang Jun (王军) chairman of CITIC; Wang Zhi (王之), former chairman of Great Wall Group
Son of Liu Shaoqi: Liu Yuan (刘源), lieutenant general of the military police
Son of He Long, He Pengfei (贺鹏飞), Deputy Commander in Chief of the Chinese Navy, Vice-Admiral
Former son-in-law of Liu Huaqing (刘华清): Pan Yue (潘岳), vice director of the State Environmental Protection Administration
Son of Chen Yi: Chen Haosu (陈昊苏), former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture
Grandson of Mao Zedong, Mao Xinyu (毛新宇), major general of the PLA.
Son of Wen Jiabao and Zhang Peili: Wen Yunsong, also known as Winston Wen (simplified Chinese: 温云松; traditional Chinese: 溫雲松; pinyin: Wēn Yúnsōng), a Chinese businessman, as of 2012, chairman of China Satellite Communications Corporation The name list, refer to wikipedia.
A list of 226 crown princes has been published (see the following link). http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-princelings-20101001-1613l.html
怎麼以上都是- 兒子, 孫子, 崽子, 甚麼的! 是否也漸該有 "公主派" 掌門呢?? (The list above is a typical "grandfather-father-son, men's world". Where are the Princesses / Concubines?)
他不是說女人撐個半天邊, 還是伴天邊呢?? (Didn't Mr. Mao say that women lifted up half of the sky, or put up with half of the sky?)
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In order to balance the above report to avoid targeting a specific country, let's look at other regions regarding how power and money are dispersed or concentrated:
(1) The potential 太子黨 in Taiwan - After the the former father-son presidencies of Mr. Chiang Kai-shek and Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo, as well as the secondary bureaucratic high rank-and-file families' strategies and actions (such as the Hao, the Huang, the Lien, the Ma, the Tsai, and the rest), some political pundits in Taiwan concern the Dynastic politics might revive which would discredit the last 6 decades of democratic endeavors. This trend seemed curbed when a non-party affiliated surgeon won the seat of Mayor of Taipei after the November election of 2014 that might be deemed as an event to crush a princeling's political dream.
Other Princelings: (Nothing is really new, really!)
(2)The extremely well-known model of North Korea: Grandfather, father and grandson Dynasties - Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and current Kim Jong-un. As to, South Korea, well, Father-daughter model, similar to Pakistan's Bhutto family, as well as part of India.
(3)As for Japan: A constitutional Monarchy (and the rest of 40+ absolute, socialist, authoritarian types of Monarchy). More info will be recorded here. Stay tuned.
(4) As for the US, are you talking about presidents Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Harry Truman, or Bill Clinton...? (The rare non-aristocrats ascended to the power, but the happening was still more than that of any other countries').
(5) For the rest of world, can Monarchy ever die, or just in the gradually disguising way?
The problem is how to form or "reinforce" the voters' stubborn 戀復辟情結??
Indeed, big shows need big shots, and the big game takes on big players. Cultural, social, politi-economic capitals take time to accumulate - otherwise, 積水不厚, 載舟也無力! ( The shallow water is hard to lift up a big boat).
But how to accumulate poli-economic capitals? Many ways may work to engage in 人脈, 財脈, 氣脈, 勢脈, 地脈, and finally, 運脈.(Mutli-dimensional resources - human/talent capitals, financial capitals, ambiance capitals, power capitals, geographical-connectivity capitals, and plus the luck/opportunity capitals, equivalent to the integration of Sun Tsu's (孫子, the Art of War) 道, 天, 地, 將, 法 (the Mean/Way, the Environment/Ambiance of human connectivity, the Geo-politics, Leadership, and Strategic missions).
Obviously, the most dominant and popular pattern to get access to power is through family pass-on (現成的人脈財脈氣脈勢脈) 父, 子, 孫 相傳 (父女or 夫婦相傳共生不是沒有), 肥水不落外人田, 運脈自然成, under the name of Pseudo-Democratic System. Ironically, the Communist Party (or any other Parties, still vividly acting out the same drama??) began with revolution to purge the rich, the powerful, the privileged aristocrats - yep, all sorts of family pass-on, who parasitically lived on the peasants, workers, and the poor, while now, they self-justifiably filled up the money-power vacuum to form new type of Bourgeois and Power-Elites
Hard to believe, isn't it? - power and money keep the smart elite "sane" (like saints?), or history enjoys repeating herself?
In addition to the above conventional type of ascending to the throne, for the rest, depend on personality traits (such as, ambition, e.g., 武瞾, inferior-superior complex, e.g., 黃巣 etc.) interfacing with the contextual conditions, such as idealistic revolutionary risk-takers (草莽革命打天下), politico-economic victims（政治受難者), self-sacrificing charismatic individuals（從戎犧牲, particularly, in the US.), or via the long term well-cultivated statesman (長期精英文化涵養政治家)...and so on.
In short, the tribe of politician is a unique kind of species. In addition to being able to act out in the classic grand scale of Machiavelli (君王論), 戰國策 (The Intrigues) , and 孫子兵法 (The Art of War)之類的, regarding orchestrating people, state, sovereignty, money, and power, there are a couple of smaller scale of books titled such as 厚黑學 (The Thick and Black - An Asian Machiavelli Analects, or The Analects of the Brazen and the Ruthless?), 官場現形記 (The Realism of the Officialdom? ) mocking and caricaturing the essence of how to survive and flourish in the intriguing officialdom.
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黃麗月: 姑且看看;但習前妻長得不錯!目前的妻子也十分亮麗! (Brief translation - My folk: commented that both his ex and current wife were beautiful.)
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Crystal Huang: How much work, effort, or endeavor needs to be worked out in order to earn "beautifulness"? How precious, admirable is it to worship those who were just "born that way" to be a beauty or being good looking "effortlessly"? Why do people just give admiration and worship to the biological attributes (動物性 or 生物性) that are BORN with (such as endowed with preferred skin color, social class, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, accents, genetically determined physicality of tallness, handsomeness, prettiness...etc.) - haha... Why? (don't ask, don't tell?? They just deserve the free and blind admiration to undermine the value of efforts or endeavors!??) What kind of logics is it - so biologically circumscribed ? How amazing the irrationality (or something else?) is to eninforce the false consciousness and ruling ideologies ??
Furthermore, he (Mr. 习/習) rejected his ex-wife's idea of living in America, but look at his daughter in the US, and the rest of the privileged, the rich and the powerful (not just from Taiwan, China...) 奮不顧身, 前撲後繼地 coming here 獻金貢銀 to 鍍一層金, 汆一層銀 for 普渡眾生 or 積陰德呼?? (在這貧富極其不均的超級資本主義社會, 眼不見心不煩 (out of sight, out of mind)的窮人實在非常地多, 尤其經神式的貧窮人- 更遭糕! 所以外來的大小金主皆於事有補)!!
Haha...美國怎能...不美...不富...不強...的ㄋㄟ :D !!!???
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Crystal Huang 戀色 與運色, 是一種生物法則 - 人類 也 難逃此科臼 - 尤其是豺大氣粗與靼官顯跪 !
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Crystal Huang: How much work, effort, or endeavor needs to be worked out in order to earn "beautifulness"? How precious, admirable is it to worship those who were just "born that way" to be a beauty or being good looking "effortlessly"? Why do people just give admiration and worship to the biological attributes (動物性 or 生物性) that are BORN with (such as endowed with preferred skin color, social class, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, accents, genetically determined physicality of tallness, handsomeness, prettiness...etc.) - haha... Why? (don't ask, don't tell?? They just deserve the free and blind admiration to undermine the value of efforts or endeavors!??) What kind of logics is it - so biologically circumscribed ? How amazing the irrationality (or something else?) is to eninforce the false consciousness and ruling ideologies ??
Furthermore, he (Mr. 习/習) rejected his ex-wife's idea of living in America, but look at his daughter in the US, and the rest of the privileged, the rich and the powerful (not just from Taiwan, China...) 奮不顧身, 前撲後繼地 coming here 獻金貢銀 to 鍍一層金, 汆一層銀 for 普渡眾生 or 積陰德呼?? (在這貧富極其不均的超級資本主義社會, 眼不見心不煩 (out of sight, out of mind)的窮人實在非常地多, 尤其經神式的貧窮人- 更遭糕! 所以外來的大小金主皆於事有補)!!
Haha...美國怎能...不美...不富...不強...的ㄋㄟ :D !!!???
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Crystal Huang 戀色 與運色, 是一種生物法則 - 人類 也 難逃此科臼 - 尤其是豺大氣粗與靼官顯跪 !
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