Tuesday, March 21

What have you done recently having to do with ardent love for the motherland?

调查:你最近做过哪些与热爱祖国相关的事情?
Diàochá :nǐ zuìjìn zuò guò nǎxiē yú rèài zǔguó xiāngguān de shìqing?
Survey: What have you done recently having to do with ardent love for the motherland? (responses in parentheses, as of today)

关心国家大事 (50.1%)
Guānxīn guójiā dàshì
Concerning yourself with the major affairs of the nation
(例如:收看神舟六号发射及回收转播、收看温总理答记者问)
(Lìrú :shōu kān shén zhōu liùhào fāshè jí huíshōu zhuǎnbō 、shōu kān Wēn zǒnglǐ dā jìzhě wèn)
(For example: watching the broadcast of the launch and recovery of Shenzhou #6, or watching Premier Wen's responses to reporter's questions)

传承传统文化 (11.4%)
Chuán chéng chuántǒng wénhuà
Spreading traditional culture
(例如:阅读儒家经典、练习写毛笔字、听京剧)
(Lìrú :yuèdú rú jiā jīngdiǎn 、liànxí xiě máobǐ zì 、tīng jīngjù)
(For example: reading Confucian classics, practicing brush writing characters, or listening to Peking opera)

做好本职工作 (27.3%)
Zuò hǎo běnzhí gōngzuò
Doing your own job well
(例如:医生救死扶伤,教师教书育人)
(Lìrú :yīshēng jiù sǐ fú shāng ,jiàoshī jiāo shū yù rén)
(For example: a doctor's saving patients, or a teacher's teaching)

游历名山大川 (3.8%)
Yóulì míng shān dà chuān
Visiting famous mountains and rivers
(例如:参观爱国主义教育基地)
(Lìrú :cānguān àiguó zhǔyì jiàoyù jīdì)
(For example: visiting patriotic education bases)

其他 (7.3%)
Qítā
Others
(例如:在外用餐索要发票等)
(Lìrú :zàiwài yòng cān suǒ yāo fāpiào děng)
(For example: When eating out, demanding receipts, etc.)

Not to criticize Chinese patriotism, but it all seems quite passive. Of course, this is how the Chinese government wants to set limits.

In the same paper, there was a survey asking 你认为哪些行为会危害祖国? Nǐ rènwéi nǎxiē xíngwéi huì wēihài zǔguó?(What behavior do you feel harms the motherland?) Most of the criticisms seem to be against corruption, but a few criticized 崇洋媚外 Chóngyáng mèiwài. Apparently what they take exception to is Chinese adopting foreign customs, enjoying foreign culture, and buying foreign products. So presumably for some Chinese, "ardent love for the motherland" includes protectionism against foreign goods.

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