It has to do quiet, hard work

[Randy W]

Some interesting language from the Global Times

 

War of 120 years ago offers lesson today

 

 

Challenges from Japan will definitely be a thorn in China's flesh. But Chinese people should open their mind and focus their attention on more important issues.

This is the first year of China comprehensively deepening its reform. It will be the backbone of China's future, forging a powerful country with confidence and strategy, which will not be easily defeated as 120 years ago.

Chinese society in 2014 should learn how to adapt to rapid changes, trying to realize a steady transformation to a diversified community with a well-structured pattern of interests of different social groups.

Some 35 years ago, China began its reform along with the support of the West.

But 35 years later, undermining an emerging China becomes their major task. They would probably over-amplify and utilize China's setbacks during reform. A stable process of reform is what China desperately needs.

The confrontation between China and Japan will be a long-lasting event. China does not only have to triumph over it, but also prove to the world that China follows its own promise as a peaceful rising power.

China's new type of relationship with the US has global significance. China should continue its "polishing" with the US on bilateral relations.

China's whole package of reform will surely continue attracting the attention of the West. It could serve as an opportunity for China to prove its promising future to the world.

China doesn't have time to flaunt its achievements in 2014. It has to do quiet, hard work.