Cold outside !

Here in the night, Montreal, it is as cold as the coldest in Beijing nights recently. But you enjoy a dryer atmosphere, still with some dusts, maybe... Here, there is some clouds and from time to time, some snowflake, but they are no more billions...

You are nationalist, you are thinking always in terms and references about the situation in China. Yes you are thinking globally but the core of your attention will still remain centered on situation for the Chinese people seen as whole entity. I respect that. But that is why you will reluctantly leave China, and always with the need to return. For you, national view is the frame of your global thinking...

For me, similar and dissimilar aspects. The fact that I belong to a proud national minority, relatively marginal French speaking community in Northern America alters my view in many ways. I do not have the problem of fending against hegemonian tempations but set aside, I can keep distance with so-called "American" nightmare (1). Why nightmare ? Because it seems so nice from the outside, glamorous images, and so mean, uncontrolled avidity and predatorial passions, so ugly from the inside.

I feel that a proud intellectual can not be so proud of being, like they say, "an American". As Canadian, I am an American too. As a Québécois, I am a French speaking American, and this is very interesting cultural situation to build a bridge with European Union, where French, English and German, with Italian and Spanish, share the stage. Poles, Danes, Swedish... interesting : they learn the three first above mentioned languages.

But if to seduce you I have to become a Chinese, we have to convene that my chances are very slim. At me age, even immersion would not go so far in results to impress you. I took some infos : it would cost me up to 5000$ for immersion stage, intensive course (4.5 hours each day, for one month), in Beijing or Shanghai just to acquire basic knowledge. And I am sure this is worth the trip, wonderful experience, even beside You. But still remain for me delays problem to secure this amount in reserve.

In this winter, so cold outside!, we can only dream, for the moment, to go away, out in foreign countries. Only the rich can fly to south and stay at the sunny beach. But we are rich inside. You are willing to sacrifice your personal happiness to help people in your country. Or more even so : your personal happiness is to help people in your country. So, chances are that foreign love affair appear just like a beautiful dream.

Still, this dream is feasible. Yes, we can do it ! Can we become as One ? We already did, in some ways... Future is not written, desire unites us. When there is a will, there is a way !
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(1) I write "so-called American" because in fact the elites of the United-States have usurped the name for the whole continent to characterize the people living only in the United-States. But this continent, Northern America is shared, really, by three big and great countries, of which Mexico and Canada. In fact, this country, very noisy and turbulent that take himself so seriously, trying to pump to their use the maximum resources of the planet, is a country with no name ! United States of America : is this a name ? Are their citizen called "Satesians"... or "Unitedians"... or even "Unite-Statesians"... You see, absurdity. This country is yet to name... in his own language... Because in your benevolent Chinese language, you gave a name too gentle...