Little fish, I am interested to know what is Chin'a worldview....I hear a lot of criticism about China in western media but I really want to know who Chinese people truly are and what they want and value. Do they really want to dominate and control the World as western media says ? Do China want to use Pakistan to suppress India's rise ? Do Chinese people feel that India can be a friend and both neighbors can live in peace and harmony and help each other? On one side, I admire the ancient Chinese Culture but what I hear from western media and a part of Indian (mainly English) media is mostly
negative view of China. What is the truth about China and its people? Are they only into more and more materialism or are going back to their ancient spiritual and cultural roots ?
Since Buddhism is a major religion in China, there're still a big proportion of people believing India is a Buddhist country because in the famous Chinese classical literature "The Pilgrimage to the West " India was where the Buddhas lived, and for Buddhists they believe India is "the Paradise lying in the west". And for most of Chinese people, they think India is a mysterious country, since Indians are known to have some amazing skills like playing snakes, Yoga. Since in our history courses "the 1962 conflict" seldom appears, the majority usually don't have the idea India is hostile.
Chinese people are truly becoming increasingly materialistic influenced by the Western life style, but more and more people start to realize the importance of our traditional culture, and they're trying to promote the classical value system.
The truth about China is she is not a exactly communist country. Chinese people live and work as normal people do in other countries. According to Teng's design, China is going to be a mid-level developed country, and for many big cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, they have reached and even been beyond the level, so the problem is to make rural areas develop. You may see Western countries criticizing China, but the truth is Western countries are all cooperating and strengthening their ties with China, in fact they've been criticizing China since PRC was established, but it doesn't matter at all, we have been used to it.