A text of Charles Hudon
Globalization, global village, economic openness, modern China is increasingly exposed abroad and foreigners ...! Nowadays, more and more visitors going to China, settled there, live there, as more and more Chinese leave China to go and stay overseas. In contact with each other, relationships transnational naturally become more frequent. Of course, this reality is not all Chinese. For many country people, the " laowai " [foreigners] are creatures of television. In a country where modernity and tradition are often in conflict, as does China think of internationalism in love? Is that morals are liberalized as quickly as the economy? An article published in the Huanqiu Shibao October 26 hinted that there may be a slight discrepancy between the views of Beijing and of the general population.
Most recently, a story of love gone wrong between a Pekinese and U.S. partner. After 9 months of dating, the man realizes he is probably better for them to end their relationship. Furious, the woman stabs of 6 knives. The Huanqiu Shibao , organ Party press, seized the opportunity to take the pulse of the people on the issue of transnational romance.
Looking at the conditions under which the survey was conducted, my expectations about the possibilities of obtaining positive results were very low. Indeed, we can really ask ourselves if a pollster who respects himself would have done so. In the preamble to the questionnaire in order to put the probe into the atmosphere, an article we described with scientific precision why, because of differences in culture, expectations for a relationship or sexual habits, the majority of transnational marriages doomed to failure. The article goes on saying that the failure of these transnational relationships generally destabilizes the Chinese women at a level now considered alarming to society. Then, next comes the questionnaire, where we simply request our opinion on the transnational marriages ... Amazed face this approach, a question came to my mind: "What would America completed a survey asking for his opinion on Islam in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks? "
Fortunately, my fears proved unfounded. Despite the strong focus of the survey, 60% of the Chinese showed themselves receptive to the idea of transnational marriages. The comment sounded a particularly well represented the general mood: "It's their right, whether for love, for money or a mystical attraction to the West, it does not concern us, they are free to do as they wish. "Had it not been for the negative coverage of the survey placed in the introduction, it is easy to imagine that the level of support would was much higher.
Considering that this study was conducted by an official newspaper of the Communist Party known for his ultra-nationalist pro-government positions , we can assume that Beijing will take note of the results. They suggest that, on many issues of social, manners of the Chinese are liberalized. It is clear that the Chinese are becoming less friendly to the idea of being told how to manage their privacy.
Charles Hudon, Kunming
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