“For half a century, the West has been trying to bring China into the coalition of the civilized.” “在过去的半个世纪中，西方始终在试图把中国拉入文明国家的联盟。”
While it is absurd enough to suggest that China “took” a continent that, for it, is as good as being on the other side of the world, it is a grave offence to claim that China is outside the “civilized coalition”.
A browse at the article shows it perhaps surmises that the Western world is a “civilized coalition”, making one wonder how they define the word “civilized”.
In the 15th century, Western nations “discovered” the new world, massacred the natives there, conquered and renamed the lands after their own kings and aristocracies; they did genocide to the indigenous people in America. Were colonizing and genocide a civilized act?
massacre /ˈmæsəkə(r)/：大屠杀 aristocracy/ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsɪ/：贵族阶级 indigenous /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/：本土的；当地的
In the 1700s, Western nations pillaged resources from Asia and America, captured black slaves from Africa and shipped them to their newly conquered lands. Was such slave trade a civilized act?
pillage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/：掠夺
In the 20th century, Western nations launched two world wars to realize their selfish goals. They made the whole world bleed and redrew the world map while minting money. Was the world war a civilized act?
Even today, it is the West that triggers conflicts in the Middle East, so that they can control the oil there. It is the West that launched color revolutions in one sovereign country after another in the hope of establishing puppet regimes there.
Were any of these acts “civilized” acts? And if these are “civilized” acts, then what stuff is barbarity?
barbarity /bɑːˈbærəti/：残暴；野蛮
这种迷之自信来源于西方国家在舆论场上的强势地位，有了舆论霸权，有些西方媒体才好意思指鹿为马、颠倒黑白，才敢把西方称为“文明的联盟”。
Despite having the answers, the WSJ called the West “civilized”. Their blind confidence stems from the West’s hegemony in the field of public opinion. It is such hegemony that makes certain Western media outlets whitewash their misdeeds and call the Western world “a coalition of the civilized”.
hegemony/hɪˈɡɛmənɪ/：霸权
However, every lie they spread weakens the foundations of their hegemony and the more such lies they spread, the faster their monopoly will crumble.
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