College students need to understand politics if they arerationally patriotic

Patriotic enthusiasm of youth

College students are very concerned aboutpolitics. In the more than 30 years of my work, countless major events haveoccurred at home and abroad. Whenever it comes to China, some college studentshave shown passionate patriotism.

This is a good thing. If the youngintellectuals in a country do not care about the future and destiny of thecountry, the country really has no future. Therefore, college students must beconcerned about politics. However, the issue of politics is much morecomplicated than some daily life issues, especially some political issues thatinvolve the fundamental interests of the country. If they are not handled well,they will affect the overall situation of the country. College students arepatriotic. This should be fully affirmed. However, when encountering majorpolitical problems, you must first be calm, think carefully, and not beemotional.

Diaoyu Islands problem

For a period of time, the Diaoyu Islandsissue has attracted great attention from Chinese people and has become a hottopic among college students. Not only are there heated discussions, somecollege students have also taken to the streets to express their strongdissatisfaction with the actions of the Japanese government. In a conversationwith college students, I asked them such a question: "Let us suppose thatif there are only two countries on the earth, China and Japan, will there stillbe the Diaoyu Islands problem?" I said that I am sure that I will answerabsolutely no And I believe that my college students will come to thisconclusion.

why? The reason is simple

Japan is an island country, with apopulation of 129 million living on 378,000 square kilometers of land. Thepopulation density is too high, coupled with the lack of resources. With thisalone, if you want to survive, you have to rely on China. How can Japan dare tobelieve that it is us? Said the Diaoyu Islands belonged to them?

So from the emergence of the Diaoyu Islandsproblem, what should college students realize?

What I want to communicate with collegestudents here is that college students should not only care about politics, butalso understand politics. When major incidents occur between countries, theyshould first clarify the intricate international relations in the world today,face them calmly, and be rational and patriotic. . To be sure, the DiaoyuIslands issue is by no means isolated, because there are not only two countriesin the world, China and Japan. Since the emergence of the "one ball, twosystems" political structure, countries in the world, especially theadherence to society The relationship between the countries with the socialistsystem and the countries taking the capitalist road has become morecomplicated. Here is a precedent for such a major political event in history tosupport my point of view.